<< Text Pages >> Pierre du Diable (Manternach) - Modern Stone Circle etc in Luxembourg
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Modern SitesSite Name: Pierre du Diable (Manternach) Alternative Name: GrauensteinCountry: Luxembourg
NOTE: This site is 4.234 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Luxemburg Nearest Village: Manternach
Latitude: 49.706100N Longitude: 6.431300E
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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The Groensteen is not a Dolmen, but a romantic stone construction from the the nineteenth century. The same goes for the nearby cromlech.
Translates to Devil stone of horror stone respectively in French and in German. Capstone measuring 3 Meters long, 2 Meters wide and 50 cm thick, restored with iron bands to hold it together. On hill on road between Manternach and Munschecker.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Site believed to be near this position.
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