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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pilgrim's Menhir Alternative Name: Menhir du Pélerin, Pelgrim menhirCountry: Belgium Province: Bruxelles - Brussel Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bruxelles
Latitude: 50.833300N Longitude: 4.344000E
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Bruxelles - Brussel
Menhir from Galicia, reworked by the sculptor Manolo Paz and presented by the Government of Galicia to the City of Brussels in 1999, in honour of the pilgrims en route towards Santiago de Compostella, and erected next to the Porte de Hal/Hallepoort (Gate of Halle), departing point of the pilgrims.
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