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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Tour menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Midi:Tarn (81)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 2641

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Tour menhir Alternative Name: Menhir de la Tour
Country: France Département: Midi:Tarn (81) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Castres  Nearest Village: Castelnau-de-Brassac
Latitude: 43.665650N  Longitude: 2.513120E
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
4 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
5

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La Tour menhir
La Tour menhir submitted by ocdolmen : La Tour menhir. Nice 2.10 metres tall granite menhir near a road. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir in Tarn
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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La Tour menhir
La Tour menhir submitted by johnstone : The front of the menhir on June 26, 2006 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 3.3km ENE 64° Soulière statue-menhir* Sculptured Stone
 3.3km NW 311° Peyre-Plantade (Tarn)* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 3.4km W 274° Planissart statue-menhir* Sculptured Stone
 3.7km ENE 78° Cambous statue-menhir* Sculptured Stone
 4.3km SSW 199° Crouzigues statue-menhir Sculptured Stone
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 7.3km W 264° Sécun statue-menhir* Sculptured Stone
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 7.6km WSW 240° Guior-Haut statue-menhir* Sculptured Stone
 7.8km WSW 237° Croix-de-Guior menhir* Sculptured Stone
 7.8km WSW 237° Montjarié menhir 1* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.8km WSW 254° Statue Menhir de La Baïssas* Sculptured Stone
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 9.4km W 272° Le Corridor Rock Outcrop
 9.5km W 271° Les Roches Décalées* Rock Outcrop
 9.6km W 273° Le Squale* Rock Outcrop
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 9.7km W 273° La Balme de l’Empreinte* Rock Outcrop
 9.7km W 271° Roc Le Fauteuil* Rock Outcrop
 9.7km W 272° Le Fauteuil du Diable* Rock Outcrop
 9.8km W 272° L'Eléphant* Rock Outcrop
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