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<< Our Photo Pages >> Peira Hicada - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Spain in Cataluña

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 05 September 2010  Page Views: 2955

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Peira Hicada
Country: Spain
NOTE: This site is 11.674 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Cataluña Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Vielha  Nearest Village: Vaqueira
Latitude: 42.729400N  Longitude: 0.964400E
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.
4 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
0No data.
5 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
3

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Peira Hicada
Peira Hicada submitted by irundarra : Peira Hicada in Pla de Beret (LLeida) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Peira Hicada is a leaning menhir on the Pla de Beret, in the Spanish Pyrenees
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Peira Hicada submitted by irundarra : Peira Hicada in Pla de Beret (LLeida) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Peira Hicada
Peira Hicada submitted by irundarra : Peira Hicada (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pla de Beret (Val d'Aran)
Tuc de Bacivèr (2.644 m). BERET. VAL d'ARAN. SPAIN.

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Re: Peira Hicada by DrewParsons on Sunday, 05 September 2010
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There is a useful description in Catalan of this and other nearby prehsitoric sites at: http://www.alexandri.cat/pdf/muntanya/muntanya867_megalitisme.pdf
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