<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir de Fixard - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de FixardCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 2.735 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Périgueux Nearest Village: St Estephe
Latitude: 45.620990N Longitude: 0.654340E
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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oldman visited on 12th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 No one seems to have mentioned that this have been a pair of standing stones
johnstone visited on 1st Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
alchemille visited on 19th Oct 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Easy to find, taking the road D88 from St Estephe to Fixard, the Menhir is in a little wood near the road pass the junction to Fixard and before the junction with the D92, following the walking path marked on the right of the road and indicated with a typical wooden pole capped with a yellow hat.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
from alchemille
Le menhir de Fixard is a standing stone made of granit. It is said to weight 10 tones and have a metre buried under the earth. It is 2.50 high and 1.10 metres of diametre, and it has a very sexy shape.
Location Source: T4T35
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