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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Plessis Gamat Menhir Alternative Name: Pierre Attelée, La GilardiereCountry: 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:
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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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
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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