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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre des Druides (St Alexandre) Alternative Name: Menhir de St AlexandreCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 4.949 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Languedoc:Gard (30) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Pont Saint Esprit Nearest Village: Saint Alexandre
Latitude: 44.230000N Longitude: 4.620800E
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 located north of the St Alexandre village, in an recent allotment on a hill (chemin du moulin à vent), near an old roman camp.
This place is very near the old Roman way from Nîmes to Vaison La Romaine, called "Route des Voconces".
Height: 200- Width: 70- Thickness: 20--Orientation: E/W
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