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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre de Minuit Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Centre:Loiret (45)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 19 February 2007  Page Views: 5340

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre de Minuit Menhir Alternative Name: Menhir de la Chaise, Grande Pierre (Louzouer)
Country: France
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Département: Centre:Loiret (45) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Montargis  Nearest Village: Louzouer
Latitude: 48.044400N  Longitude: 2.863300E
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
5 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.
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
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TheCaptain visited on 18th Feb 2007 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 I wouldn't have bothered with this one, but was told I should visit it by the farmers wife at Coinche. And my thanks must again go to her. It is a wonderful stone, the tallest menhir in the Departement of Loiret. It is almost 5 metres tall, up to 2 metres wide and very variable in thickness. The stone is half a sort of holed and pitted sarsen like stone, on the west face, while the east face is a puddingstone conglomerate of flints and gravel. Most lovely. Much of the puddingstone face is crumbling, and now makes wonderful shapes, with bits sticking out here and there. Where the puddingstone layer is thin, there are a couple of holes right through the menhir. It is said that women wanting to become mothers should sit in the chair at the top of the stone. Fantastic. This stone can be found a kilometre or so west of the village, behind the Chaise farmhouse, and can easily be seen from the road.

Pierre de Minuit Menhir
Pierre de Minuit Menhir submitted by thecaptain : Pierre de Minuit is a wonderful stone. It is about 5 metres tall, up to 2 metres wide and very variable in thickness. It can be found a kilometre or so west of the village of Louzouer, behind the Chaise farmhouse, and can easily be seen from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is a wonderful stone, the tallest menhir in the Departement of Loiret. It is almost 5 metres tall, up to 2 metres wide and very variable in thickness.

The stone is half a sort of holed and pitted sarsen like stone, on the west face, while the east face is a puddingstone conglomerate of flints and gravel. Most lovely.

Much of the puddingstone face is crumbling, and now makes wonderful shapes, with bits sticking out here and there. Where the puddingstone layer is thin, there are a couple of holes right through the menhir. Fantastic.

It is said that women wanting to become mothers should sit in the chair at the top of the stone.

This stone can be found a kilometre or so west of the village of Louzouer, behind the Chaise farmhouse, and can easily be seen from the road.


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Pierre de Minuit Menhir
Pierre de Minuit Menhir submitted by holger_rix : Old Postcard (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre de Minuit Menhir
Pierre de Minuit Menhir submitted by thecaptain : This is a wonderful stone. It is about 5 metres tall, up to 2 metres wide and very variable in thickness. The stone is a sort of holed and pitted sarsen like stone, on the west face. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre de Minuit Menhir
Pierre de Minuit Menhir submitted by thecaptain : Much of the puddingstone face is crumbling, and now makes wonderful shapes, with bits sticking out here and there. Where the puddingstone layer is thin, there are a couple of holes right through the menhir. Fantastic. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre de Minuit Menhir
Pierre de Minuit Menhir submitted by thecaptain : Pierre de Minuit is half a sort of holed and pitted sarsen like stone, on the west face, while the east face is a puddingstone conglomerate of flints and gravel. Most lovely. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre de Minuit Menhir
Pierre de Minuit Menhir submitted by thecaptain : Approaching the Pierre de Minuit. It's a kilometre or so west of the village of Louzouer, behind the Chaise farmhouse.

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Re: Pierre de Minuit by TheCaptain on Monday, 19 February 2007
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More details, and some much better photographs can be found here.
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Re: Pierre de Minuit by TheCaptain on Monday, 19 February 2007
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This is the tallest menhir in the Departement of Loiret, and one I would not have bothered to visit when on my travels, but was told I should visit it by the farmers wife at Coinche. So my thanks must again go to her. It really is a wonderful stone, although there was a massive rainstorm at the time of my visit.
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