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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre à VinaigreCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 6.926 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Tours Nearest Village: Saché
Latitude: 47.221300N Longitude: 0.536100E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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La Pierre à Vinaigre is a puddingstone block 1.8m high near lieu-dit- Chalenton in the community of Saché, Departement of Indre-et-Loire
According to the some, this menhir is accompanied by several other blocks placed in single file along a path called Le Chemin des Fées and it could be an alignment.
This name refers to the unusual Touraine local practice which consisted in making a person smell the rock to check if it smelled of vinegar, then give a blow on the back of the neck to make him kiss the stone hard.
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