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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Druidique Alternative Name: DruidensteenCountry: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 1.371 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Bastogne Nearest Village: Bethomont
Latitude: 50.090100N Longitude: 5.650900E
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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Polishing stone in Berthomont, next to the village spring.
Addendum after visit of the site 10 April 2015.
The stone was first mentioned in writing in 1891, as lying about 500 m to the West, in the middle of a wood (visible on satellite views).
The type of stone is different from any other stone of the region. It was laid on some kind of masonry (non vidi), and has obviously been used as Polishing Stone.
Moved to its present location in the mid-1990's, and called Pierre Druidique since about that time. After having been simply laid on the ground as it was in the past, it is now set upright for a better presentation.
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