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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: la Pierre Clouise Alternative Name: Pierre à glissadeCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 5.527 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Picardie:Aisne (02) Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Villers-Cotterets Nearest Village: Haramont
Latitude: 49.282800N Longitude: 3.076700E
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 |
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The Pierre Clouise is probably the best example of a "pierre à glissade" or "sliding stone" in France. It is registered as Historical monument since 1889.
It is a stone associated with legends and several kinds of fertility rites and has given a lot of work for the Church to try to make people abandon them...
Large 8 Meter long block on an incline used in fertility rites, 1 Km North East from town and 200 Meters west of D973
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