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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir du Col d'AurièresCountry: France Département: Languedoc:Gard (30) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Le Vigan Nearest Village: Alzon, Aurières
Latitude: 43.960161N Longitude: 3.470829E
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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LaDragonne visited on 3rd Feb 2020 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 5 Cette pierre surmontée d'une croix n'est pas à proximité d'un point "menhir" et ne présente pas les mémoires d'un ancien mégalithe.
Il y a, en contrebas de la ferme, dans le champ un point situé au croisement de courants telluriques et qui a du être utilisé comme tel pour "arroser" toute la zone cultivable.
Pas de trace de pierre!
Coordonnées du point: N 43° 57' 33.4'' E 3° 28' 17.7''
regina have visited here
At the Aurières pass (between the valley and the beginning of the Blandas plateau), I found this stone with a cross mounted on the top.
It seems that the stone has been cut and then the cross put at its summit.
Its position at a pass (a lot of menhirs in this area are positioned in a pass) and near a trackway seems that this stone is certainly a christianised menhir.
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