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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Tour menhir Alternative Name: Menhir de la TourCountry: France Département: Midi:Tarn (81) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Castres Nearest Village: Castelnau-de-Brassac
Latitude: 43.665650N Longitude: 2.513120E
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 26th Jun 2006 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Along the D54 road, at the corner of a country road. About 2.1 m high and re-erected here in 1963
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