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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de la Croix-GrosseCountry: France
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Département: Auvergne:Cantal (15) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Saint-Flour Nearest Village: Sériers
Latitude: 44.973548N Longitude: 3.034144E
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 26th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This christianised menhir stands just on the western outskirts of the village of Sériers, and is signposted from there as Menhir Christianisée, and is along the road to Peyrelade (no doubt once home to its own megalith). There is a large basalt carved cross sat on top of a superb column of christalline basalt, octagonal and well over 2 metres high. With its cross, it stands a good 3.5 metres tall. This really is a lovely monument, the basalt column is perfectly upright, and always has been, its never been restored. Apparently the column must have been brought here from several kilometres away, so its obviously at a once very special place.
johnstone visited on 18th Jul 1999 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
This really is a lovely monument, the basalt column is perfectly upright, and always has been, its never been restored.
Apparently the column must have been brought here from several kilometres away, so its obviously at a once very special place.
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