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Submitted by thecaptain on Friday, 16 February 2007  Page Views: 3372

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mérinville Polissoir
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 2.585 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Centre:Loiret (45) Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Montargis  Nearest Village: Mérinville
Latitude: 48.104900N  Longitude: 2.928900E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
3 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
4

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TheCaptain couldn't find on 6th Aug 2005 Today I went back for a proper look for the Mérinville Polissoir, which is another stone the farmers wife at Coinche said I should go to see. I walked a lot down the forest track near to where it is marked on my map, but there was no chance of finding it without knowing exactly where to look. There is lots of marsh and ponds in the forest which doesn't help in trying to find anything. After quite some time going to look at any rock I can see, I decide its time to give up ! Shame.

TheCaptain couldn't find on 5th Aug 2005 The Mérinville Polissoir is another stone the farmers wife at Coinche said I should go to see. However, I am not exactly sure where to find it, and it is now pouring with rain, so I am not going to go for a long walk now, especially as it is getting late and starting to get dark. There is no sign to it, so I will for now leave it.

Supposedly very nice polissoir stone in the Mérinville forests to the east of the village of Pers-en-Gâtinais.


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Re: Mérinville Polissoir by TheCaptain on Friday, 16 February 2007
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After not finding it first time round during a quick look in a rainstorm, I went back for a proper look for the Mérinville Polissoir the next day, which is another stone the farmers wife at Coinche said I should go to see.

I walked down the forest track near to where it is marked on my map, but there was no chance of finding it without knowing exactly where to look. There is lots of marsh and ponds in the forest which doesn't help in trying to find anything. After quite some time going to look at any rock I could see, I decided it was time to give up ! Shame.
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