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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aneran stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 22 January 2006  Page Views: 4845

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aneran stone
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 0.756 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bagnères-de-Luchon  Nearest Village: Aneran
Latitude: 42.833200N  Longitude: 0.413200E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain visited on 8th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Deep into the Louron valley, on the western side of the Col de Peyresourde in the high Pyrenees, is the tiny village of Aneran. In the tiny churchyard beside this small ancient church in this little Pyrenean village are several odds and ends of old stone, some carved into shapes and and with patterns on them. I assume the prehistoric stone here is the dark grey cylindrical block, stood beside the wall at the corner of the church. Its about 1.2 metres tall, and approximately circular in section with about 30 cm diameter. It reminds me a bit of some of the iron age steles in Brittany. The church also has some fascinating carved stones built into its walls. An interesting little place.

Aneran stone
Aneran stone submitted by thecaptain : Deep into the Louron valley, on the western side of the Col de Peyresourde in the high Pyrenees, is the ancient village of Aneran. Within the tiny churchyard beside the small and ancient church are several odds and ends of old stone, some carved into shapes and and with patterns on them. The church also has some fascinating carved stones built into its walls. The prehistoric stone here is t... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Deep into the Louron valley, on the western side of the Col de Peyresourde in the high Pyrenees, is the ancient village of Aneran. Within the tiny churchyard beside the small and ancient church are several odds and ends of old stone, some carved into shapes and and with patterns on them.

The prehistoric stone here is the dark grey cylindrical block, stood beside the buttress at the rear corner of the church. It's about 1.2 metres tall, and approximately circular in section with about 30 cm diameter. It reminds me a bit of some of the iron age steles in Brittany.

The church also has some fascinating carved stones built into its walls. An interesting little place. It is said that the ancient stone is still used for fertility rites.
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Aneran stone
Aneran stone submitted by thecaptain : The prehistoric stone here is the dark grey cylindrical block, stood beside the buttress at the rear corner of the church. It's about 1.2 metres tall, and approximately circular in section with about 30 cm diameter. It reminds me a bit of some of the iron age steles in Brittany. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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