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<< Our Photo Pages >> Les Roches-Hues - Stone Row / Alignment in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by thecaptain on Monday, 27 July 2009  Page Views: 3787

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Les Roches-Hues Alternative Name: Roches d'Ouvres
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Dinard  Nearest Village: St-Briac-sur-Mer
Latitude: 48.629800N  Longitude: 2.1317W
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.
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.
4 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
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MenhirHunters visited on 9th Mar 2014 - their rating: Amb: 2 Access: 4 Visited the menhir today. It's now in the middle of a residential complex on private ground. The hedges in the back grew quite high, so no sight from the back road anymore, as well. I talked to the owner of the home who just came back from shopping. He told me that this is not a real menhir but brought there about twenty years ago by the previous owner of the house. Might be that this menhir actually belonged to the original alignement and was simply moved to this new location as garden deco.

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Les Roches-Hues
Les Roches-Hues submitted by thecaptain : The stone must be at least 4 metres tall, and looks very much like it is alone, apart from a small stone right beside it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Described in 1878 as an alignment of menhirs one kilometre in length, orientated north to south leading to the Pointe de la Garde Guérin, nowadays all that is thought to be found is a few stones over a length of about 100m.

Well, that's the description in the book, but on the IGN maps a menhir is marked.

When I eventually found my way to this, having been delayed by private roads and no through ways near to the Roches Douvres holiday homes residence, the top of a large stone could be seen in the distance over some impenetrable overgrowth. Looking for a way through proved futile.

So walking all the way around along the new private road and a view of a splendid menhir can be obtained, looking like it is in somebodies back garden, although it is perhaps common ground.

The stone must be at least 4 metres tall, and looks very much like it is alone, apart from a small stone right beside it. It is possible that there are more smaller stones in amongst the undergrowth nearby and on the golf course, but a menhir seems a better description of this stone.
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Les Roches-Hues
Les Roches-Hues submitted by thecaptain : Walking all the way around along the new private road and a view of a splendid menhir can be obtained, looking like it is in somebodies back garden. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Roches-Hues
Les Roches-Hues submitted by thecaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Roches-Hues
Les Roches-Hues submitted by thecaptain : When I eventually found my way to this, the top of a large stone could be seen in the distance over some impenetrable overgrowth. Looking for a way through proved futile. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Roches-Hues
Les Roches-Hues submitted by dipo : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35): Lat/long coord: N48.62966° W002.13151° (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Roches-Hues
Les Roches-Hues submitted by dipo : Old picture of "Les Roches Hue" (1 comment)

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