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<< Our Photo Pages >> Polissoirs de Saint-Mard - Polissoir in Belgium in Luxembourg

Submitted by Alta-Falisa on Monday, 14 September 2015  Page Views: 3385

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Country: Belgium Province: Luxembourg Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Arlon  Nearest Village: Saint-Mard
Latitude: 49.546000N  Longitude: 5.552600E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : One of the two Polishing Stones. The trough may be, or not, an intentionally cut basin. August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Polishing Stones in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium which show deep marks of intense use.

The Polissoirs de Saint-Mard lay side by side along a small stream, the Ruisseau des Brûzelles (other spellings exist, but not many people know about this stream anyway, which is about 25 cm wide all told by dry weather).

A third stone, nearby, does not seem to have been used as a polishing stone.

Access: by car up to (49.5468, 5.5571), which is on a no longer maintained asphalted one-lane road now used as field road, and which goes on further into the forest.

Then walk 400 m across fields ; be prepared to "negotiate" one barbed-wire fence. The Polishing Stones are just on the left bank of the tree-lined stream and bang under the HV 110 kV line (see photo underneath).

Also note the trough, either a rock-cut basin or a natural occurrence.
Visited August 2015.
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Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : Narrowing down on the "downhill" Polishing Stone. August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : The tormented surface of the "uphill" Polishing Stone contrasts sharply with the other one. The two groves are about as deep on both stones. August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : The "uphill" Polishing Stone. August 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : Close-up on the "downhill" Polishing Stone. August 2015. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : The one Polishing Stone which lies slightly downhill. August 2015.

Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : Landmarks : the two Polishing Stones lie at the cross-point between the little tree-lined stream and the HV line. August 2015.

Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : A really poor-quality photo (sorry), just to show the third stone, in the foreground. That one is not, or doesn't seem to be, any Polishing Stone. August 2015.

Polissoirs de Saint-Mard
Polissoirs de Saint-Mard submitted by Alta-Falisa : In the foreground, the two Polishing Stones : one "uphill", one "downhill" ; on the right, the row of trees hides the little steam ; in the distance, the village of Saint-Mard. August 2015.

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