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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Tournoire, La CourbeCountry: France Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Argentan Nearest Village: La Courbe
Latitude: 48.747200N Longitude: 0.1828W
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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TheCaptain visited on 1st May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Marked on one of my maps as a menhir and another as a dolmen I have no reason to believe there are not the remains of both somewhere in the vicinity as well as an Iron Age encampment. What I found was a single stone standing on the ridge of a promontory overlooking the river Orne.
It's about 1.5 metres tall and made of a funny crumbly orangey sandstone full of holes. There was lots of other loose stone around its base probably fallen from the disintegrating menhir which is 1.5 metres wide at its base and about 0.7 m thick.
Marked on one of my maps as a menhir, and another as a dolmen, I have no reason to believe there are not the remains of both somewhere in the vicinity, as well as an Iron Age encampment.
What I found was a single stone standing on the ridge of a promontory overlooking the river Orne. Its about 1.5 metres tall, and made of a funny crumbly orangey sandstone full of holes. There was lots of other loose stone around its base, probably fallen from the disintegrating menhir, which is 1.5 metres wide at its base and about 0.7 m thick.
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