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Multi-periodSite Name: Albespy Menhir Statue Alternative Name: Mounhès-Prohencoux Statues menhirCountry: France Département: Midi:Aveyron (12) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Belmont-sur-Rance Nearest Village: L'Asperby
Latitude: 43.793860N Longitude: 2.812100E
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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Series of about 43 Statue menhir found in the region of which at least 26 have been taken to the Fenaille museum in Rodez.
others are believed to be in the St. Germains National Museum near Paris. 4 alone have been found since 2004.
Replicas of 3 statues-menhirs were manufactured. As of September 2010, they are not raised and lie at the north-western edge of L'Asperby hamlet. Thus no signposts provided yet.
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