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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Polissoir de Saint-SymphorienCountry: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 2.289 km away from the location you searched for.
Province: Hainaut Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Mons
Latitude: 50.437952N Longitude: 4.007097E
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 |
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Polishing Stone found around 1860 by a farmer when ploughing a field belonging to the Baron of St Symphorien, on a hilltop towards the South of the village.
The baron had the stone unearthed and installed in the park of his manor.
With time, the origins of the stone had been forgotten. In the mid-20th century, the stone was presented to the nearby City of Mons and erected in an inner court of the Jardins du Mayeur in October 1951. It was then identified as a Polishing Stone.
Later, a local historian retraced the whole history of the stone, and in December 2005 the City of Mons accepted to return the Polishing Stone to the city of Saint-Symphorien, where it has been re-erected in March 2007 in front of the church.
Photo May 2014.
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