<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir Ste Carissime - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Tarn (81)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir Ste Carissime Alternative Name: Le Vieux Menhir, Sainte-Carissime menhir, Menhir dit Peire LebadeCountry: France
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Département: Midi:Tarn (81) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Gaillac Nearest Village: Vieux
Latitude: 43.989100N Longitude: 1.863600E
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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johnstone visited on 4th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 2nd Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Along the D.1 road between Le Verdier and Cahuzac-sur-Vère, and this menhir can be seen across the far side of the river, which is beyond a ploughed field to the south. At this time in the evening, the menhir was glowing a golden colour in the rays of the setting sun. I struggled across the ploughed field to get a close look from across the river, and estimate it to be about 2 metres tall and 1 metre wide, nicely positioned at a bend in the river below vine covered hillsides. After returning to my van and driving off, about half a mile further east along the road I saw a sign to "menhir" which would have taken you along a footpath and across a bridge to approach the menhir. Oh well.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5
In the low sun of a summer evening, the menhir was glowing a golden colour in the rays of the setting sun. I struggled across the ploughed field to get a close look from across the river, and estimate it to be about 2 metres tall, nicely positioned at a bend in the river below vine covered hillsides.
After returning to my van and driving off, about half a mile further east along the road I saw a sign to "menhir" which would have taken you along a footpath and across a bridge to approach the menhir. Oh well.
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