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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Plate (la Pochetiere) Alternative Name: menhir de la Pochetière, Menhir Elinière (Cholet)Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cholet Nearest Village: Cholet
Latitude: 47.044100N Longitude: 0.8543W
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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Silver1 visited on 1st Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Now a feature in a newly created country park. Interpretation boards and access pathways.
The menhir consists of a slab of gray granite with black mica, called "granite des Aubiers", which is naturally found on site. It measures 2.30 m high and 1.75 m wide and 0.70 m thick3. The top of the menhir is rounded. Its major axis is oriented to the northeast.
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