<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Plantee (Oupia) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Plantee (Oupia)Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.256 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Olonzac Nearest Village: Oupia
Latitude: 43.274722N Longitude: 2.784722E
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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Drive out from Olonzac on 'La Minervoise' - one of the most rewarding roads in Languedoc - towards Beziers. Park in the layby on the right, where the hills crowd in, 3 Km out.
If the 'end of the world as we know it' wasn't quite so nigh, then I'd start bothering La Mairie about moving it. But the end of the world is nigh - so my time is best spent elsewhere. Looking in the rear-view mirror.
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