<< Our Photo Pages >> Porte de Pierrefite - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Haute-Garonne (31)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Porte de Pierrefite Alternative Name: Cromlech du Port de PierrefiteCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 4.141 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bagnères-de-Luchon Nearest Village: Bourg-d'Oueil
Latitude: 42.868240N Longitude: 0.471940E
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 |
0 | no data |
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Standing stone surrounded by a cromlech of stones at the high Porte de Pierrefite mountain pass (1855 metres) in the Pyrénéan mountains to the west of the holiday and Spa town of Bagneres-de-Luchon.
Note: Some lovely pictures of this most wonderfully positioned megalithic site I have long wanted to visit, now here on the Megalithic Portal thanks to irundarra.
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