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<< Our Photo Pages >> Le But de Gargantua - Standing Stones in France in Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3831

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Le But de Gargantua
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.412 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Chartres  Nearest Village: St-Piat
Latitude: 48.569514N  Longitude: 1.583493E
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.
3 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.
3 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
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TheCaptain visited on 7th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 In a field to the east of the Dolmens de Chagné can be found the But de Gargantua. This seems to be two menhirs, one a large grey slab about 2.5 metres tall and the other a bit smaller. I wonder if it is the remains of what was once a dolmen. I couldn't get a close look as the stones are in a field of horses, but they are easily visible from the roadside.

Le But de Gargantua
Le But de Gargantua submitted by thecaptain : The giants goal seen in amongst its friendly horses keeping the pitch trimmed. (Vote or comment on this photo)
In a field to the east of the Dolmens de Changé can be found the But de Gargantua.

This seems to be two menhirs, one a large grey slab about 2.5 metres tall and the other a bit smaller. I wonder if it is the remains of what was once a dolmen. I couldn't get a close look as the stones are in a field of horses, but they are easily visible from the roadside.
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Le But de Gargantua
Le But de Gargantua submitted by vieveforward : Site at Changé, near Maintenon, Eure-et-Loire (28) France, visited August 2001. I wrote in my diary that in contrast to the dolmens at Changé which had been excavated, "the stone they'd left behind looked how it should, untouched and unspoilt and surrounded by horses". (Vote or comment on this photo)

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