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<< Text Pages >> Vieux Chateaux - Ancient Village or Settlement in France in Normandie:Orne (61)

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Multi-periodSite Name: Vieux Chateaux Alternative Name: Les Pierres Brulées
Country: France Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Argentan  Nearest Village: La Courbe
Latitude: 48.739000N  Longitude: 0.19W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
no data
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 643m N 11° Camp du Bas de la Courbe Ancient Village or Settlement
 1.1km NNE 30° La Pierre Tournoire, La Courbe* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 1.1km NNE 33° La Courbe Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 1.6km WNW 292° Menhir de la Courbe* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 3.2km WNW 300° Crève-Coeur Menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.7km NNE 14° Tumulus des Hogues* Round Barrow(s)
 7.7km NNE 14° Dolmen dit Pierre-aux-Bignes* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 10.7km W 280° Dolmen de la Cardotière Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 11.0km WNW 282° La Table des Fées, Chêneduit* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 11.0km ENE 78° Moulins-sur-Orne burial chamber Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 11.2km E 99° Sarceaux burial chamber Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 12.6km W 279° L'Affiloire de Gargantua* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 13.1km WNW 287° Menhir dit la Droite Pierre (Chênedouit)* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 13.3km NW 311° Pierre de la Roussellière* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 13.4km NW 311° Val d'Orne menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
 14.3km S 187° Site archéologique (Orne) Museum
 14.5km NE 44° Camp Celtique de Bière* Ancient Village or Settlement
 15.3km WNW 283° Dolmen du Bois de la Mousse Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 17.5km SSW 193° Dolmen dit de la Grandière* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 17.6km SSE 148° Camp de Goult Ancient Village or Settlement
 17.7km S 191° Menhir d'Outres* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 18.3km ENE 68° Menhir dit Pierre du Bourdeu Standing Stone (Menhir)
 18.5km SSW 193° Dolmen dit la Pierre aux Loups Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 18.9km NE 47° Dolmen dit Pierre-Levée (Fontaine)* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 19.8km NE 55° Trun menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
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