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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir Binscheid
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 11.464 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Arzfeld  Nearest Village: Binscheid
Latitude: 50.114322N  Longitude: 6.248514E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 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
4

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Menhir Binscheid
Menhir Binscheid submitted by KaiHofmann : Menhir Binscheid (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Rhineland-Palatinate

Note: later converted and reused as a baptismal font, it stands in front of the church.
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Menhir Binscheid
Menhir Binscheid submitted by KaiHofmann : Menhir Binscheid (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir Binscheid
Menhir Binscheid submitted by KaiHofmann (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Menhir Binscheid by Alta-Falisa on Friday, 09 May 2014
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A rough-crafted pre-Romanesque baptismal font, probably a Christianized former menhir.

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