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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir dit le Gros Caillou - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Nord:Nord (59)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 17 May 2005  Page Views: 5460

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit le Gros Caillou Alternative Name: Le Grès Montfort
Country: France Département: Nord:Nord (59) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Maubeuge  Nearest Village: Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon
Latitude: 50.267741N  Longitude: 3.508052E
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
4

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Menhir dit le Gros Caillou submitted by Creative Commons : Gros Caillou By PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)
2.3 Metre tall menhir of rectangular shape, in hillside fields just to the northwest of the village of Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon

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Re: Le Gros Caillou (Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon) by Alta-Falisa on Saturday, 26 April 2014
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Some info and photos : http://bruno-vendegies-genealogie.e-monsite.com/pages/vendegies/la-prehistoire-le-menhir.html
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