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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierres TournantesCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 2.624 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Picardie:Oise (60) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Boury-En-Vexin Nearest Village: Beaujardin
Latitude: 49.233300N Longitude: 1.716600E
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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A very mystic place on a top of a hill, with 360° views all around, with around 10 stones more or less buried in a circle. Two Menhirs within 50 Meters.
A high menhir 1.20 meters, called "la pierre tournante" and located in the "Côte du Petit Harness" was destroyed during work in 1976.
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