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<< Text Pages >> Belbo Spring Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Italy in Piemonte

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 06 August 2008  Page Views: 4202

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Belbo Spring Menhir
Country: Italy Region: Piemonte Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Genova  Nearest Village: Montezemolo
Latitude: 44.400180N  Longitude: 8.140010E
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
4 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
4

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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Piemonte

Ancient menhir which has been moved from its original setting for reuse as a mile marker or border-stone in perhaps Roman time, before it was Christianized. Some faint engravings look more ancient.
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