<< 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:
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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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.
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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