<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Birette - Polissoir in France in Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Birette Alternative Name: La Pierre du DiableCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 3.128 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Chatellerault Nearest Village: Le Petit Pressigny
Latitude: 46.922000N Longitude: 0.919000E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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La Pierre Birette is a Polissoir stone found in the community of Le Petit Pressigny, but which has now been moved for display in the gardens of the Chateau de Grand Pressigny and its Musée de la Préhistoire.
For some pictures of this polissoir stone, see here
For details of the Grand-Pressigny Musée de la Préhistoire see here
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