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<< Our Photo Pages >> Plessis Gamat Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 4786

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Plessis Gamat Menhir Alternative Name: Pierre Attelée, La Gilardiere
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Saint-Nazaire  Nearest Village: Saint-Brevin-Les-Pin
Latitude: 47.254900N  Longitude: 2.15474W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
4 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
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oldman visited on 18th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 An attractive Menhir just tucked into the wood. How does anyone know it had a cross on top?

johnstone visited on 6th Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 14th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Signposted locally this is a lovely pointed pale granite stone about 2.8 metres tall. It is found by going down a little track opposite the electric station then right into a field where its found in the bushes on the right.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Plessis Gamat Menhir
Plessis Gamat Menhir submitted by AlexHunger : Pretty 2.3 Meters tall trangular thin block with quartz veins which once had cross on top in Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins fields, Chemin Du Plessis. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir in Loire-Atlantique

Pretty 2.3 metre tall triangular thin block with quartz veins which once had cross on top.

Address: Chemin Du Plessis, 44250

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Plessis Gamat Menhir
Plessis Gamat Menhir submitted by oldman : Site in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique France. If this once had a cross on top, does this mean it is actually a christian marker? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plessis Gamat Menhir
Plessis Gamat Menhir submitted by johnstone : View on the slim side, July 6, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plessis Gamat Menhir
Plessis Gamat Menhir submitted by AlexHunger : Pretty 2.3 Meters tall trangular thin block with quartz veins which once had cross on top in Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins fields, Chemin Du Plessis. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Plessis Gamat Menhir
Plessis Gamat Menhir submitted by AlexHunger (Vote or comment on this photo)

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