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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leeuwensteen Alternative Name: LovensteenCountry: Belgium Province: Vlaams-Brabant Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Tienen
Latitude: 50.789507N Longitude: 4.950789E
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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This standing stone disappeared "overnight" before mid-19th century, most probably as ballast of the railways Mechelen-Liège being laid about 300 m to the North-East in 1837. At that time, megaliths were not recognised the way they are nowadays and, in densely populated areas, many went the same way.
The best tangible trace that remains is this etching by Ferdinand Runk (1764-1834), made around 1800. The windmill is recognizable (although destroyed ca. 1840), but has been placed by the artist much closer to the viewer than in reality. Also, a church, the church of Overlaar (see complete etching underneath), would have been invisible from where the artist stood -- today, it sure is hidden by modern buildings.
A recent booklet by Dr. Paul Kempeneers, Tienen in de Wandeling, 2013, 136 pp., 69 ill., located the lost stone. Even if the view depicted by F.Runk has changed beyond recognition, maps are more talkative : see entries about the Atlas de Ferraris.
The etching (the copper plate) is preserved in the Archives of the City of Tienen.
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