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The Henge Monuments of the British Isles: Myth and Archaeology

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre des Quatre Curés - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3862

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre des Quatre Curés Alternative Name: Peyra dou quatrei cura
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 9.986 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ussel  Nearest Village: Tauves
Latitude: 45.588400N  Longitude: 2.655900E
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.
4 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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oldman visited on 15th Oct 2016 Off on a trip to the source of the Dordogne

TheCaptain visited on 21st Sep 2006 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This crystalline basalt menhir has served as a boundary stone between four parishes since the middle ages, hence it's name. It's not much more than 2 metres high, and looks like it has been mended from broken at some point, but I cant be sure. I was hoping for a bit more from this. On the map it looks spectacularly positioned overlooking the Sancy mountains one way, and the valley of the river Dordogne the other. In practice, it really only overlooks the fields around it. It can be found a couple of fields to the south of the busy D.922 road, with a track and footpath almost right to it, and there is room to park.

Pierre des Quatre Curés
Pierre des Quatre Curés submitted by thecaptain : On the map this stone looks spectacularly positioned overlooking the Sancy mountains one way, and the valley of the river Dordogne the other. In practice, it really only overlooks the fields around it, although there is a nice view of the Sancy Massif, the highest point of the Massif Central. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This crystalline basalt menhir has served as a boundary stone between four parishes since the middle ages, hence it's name. It's not much more than 2 metres high, and looks like it has been mended from broken at some point, but I cant be sure.

On the map this stone looks spectacularly positioned overlooking the Sancy mountains one way, and the valley of the river Dordogne the other. In practice, it really only overlooks the fields around it.

It can be found a couple of fields to the south of the busy D.922 road, with a track and footpath almost right to it, and there is room to park.

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Pierre des Quatre Curés
Pierre des Quatre Curés submitted by oldman : On our way to the source of the Dordogne on Mont Dore (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre des Quatre Curés
Pierre des Quatre Curés submitted by ocdolmen : Site in Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63): "La Pierre des 4 Curés" menhir (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre des Quatre Curés
Pierre des Quatre Curés submitted by ocdolmen : Site in Auvergne: Puy-de-Dôme (63) France: La Pierre des 4 Curés (the 4 Priests' Stone) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre des Quatre Curés
Pierre des Quatre Curés submitted by thecaptain : This crystalline basalt menhir has served as a boundary stone between four parishes since the middle ages, hence it's name. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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