<< Our Photo Pages >> Col des Ves - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Rhone:Savoie (73)
Submitted by thecaptain on Tuesday, 10 February 2009 Page Views: 5138
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Col des VesCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 5.374 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Rhone:Savoie (73) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Bourg-St-Maurice Nearest Village: Tignes
Latitude: 45.443900N Longitude: 6.868900E
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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It is quite easy to visit in winter, in fact it could be considered a bit of a hazard as it stands in the middle of one of the high mountain ski routes, and is marked by poles, which is how I found it. There I was, skiing down the mountain, and there it was ! Outside the winter ski season, I imagine it is a major effort to visit this stone.
I would estimate it to be about 3 metres tall, a metre wide by half a metre thick, but its difficult to tell, as the snow around it is several metres deep. The stone could not be standing naturally here like it is, and there are marks on the stone suggesting fairly recent mechanical contact, but I don't know why, I am making a wild guess at re-erection.
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