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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir d'EstinnesCountry: Belgium
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Province: Hainaut Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Mons Nearest Village: Estinnes-au-Val
Latitude: 50.415700N Longitude: 4.102900E
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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Two stones found simultaneously in a field nearby, and unearthed in 1981 to facilitate agricultural activities. Both are made of the same type of formation. The largest is, or could have been, a massive menhir, having many similarities with other menhirs of the region, first of all its trapezoidal silhouette. The smaller one is a coarse stone, not showing anything particular.
Their late discovery may be explained by the fact that, like the Pierre qui Pousse of Haulchin, it could have been buried in the early years of the middle ages.
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