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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Normandie:Eure (27)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf)
Country: France Département: Normandie:Eure (27) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Gaillon  Nearest Village: Port-Mort
Latitude: 49.173100N  Longitude: 1.396800E
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
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
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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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TheCaptain visited on 4th May 2005 A big (3.5 metre tall 2.5 m wide 0.5 m thick) flinty chalky lump stood right beside the roadside in a little fenced enclosure. It was moved here when the road was widened and a metre or so was broken off the top while doing so.

Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf)
Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf) submitted by thecaptain : The Gravier de Gargantua is a big (3.5 metre tall, 2.5 m wide, 0.5 m thick) flinty chalky lump standing beside the road, near the village of Port-Mort in Eure (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Gravier de Gargantua menhir is a big (3.5 metre tall, 2.5 m wide, 0.5 m thick) flinty chalky lump stood right beside the roadside in a little fenced enclosure, near the village of Port-Mort in Eure.

It was moved here when the road was widened, and a metre or so was broken off the top while doing so.

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Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf)
Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf) submitted by binardino : Port mort menhir was before taller of 1 meters than nowadays, move up after road built it has been broken at this time and move on the other side of the road. Menhir dit Gravier de Gargantua (Chateau-Neuf) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Gravier de Gargantua by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 11 May 2005
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Gravier de Gargantua menhir, Port-Mort, Eure, N 49.1731, E 01.3968 by gps.
Visited Wednesday 4th May 2005. Access 5, Condition 3, Ambience 2.

A big (3.5 metre tall, 2.5 m wide, 0.5 m thick) flinty chalky lump stood right beside the roadside in a little fenced enclosure. It was moved here when the road was widened, and a metre or so was broken off the top while doing so.
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