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Natural PlacesSite Name: Pierres JaumâtresCountry: France Département: Limousin:Creuse (23) Type: Rock Outcrop
Nearest Town: Montluçon Nearest Village: Toulx-Sainte-Croix
Latitude: 46.313100N Longitude: 2.226500E
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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johnstone visited on 9th Jul 1998 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Text from the folder:
After walking 700 meters through woods, ferns and dry stone walls, you will see the first stone of the site “Tarann”, god of the thunder, also called “Butter Ball”.
A little further the “Pains de Sucre”. These three blocks, which come from a single piece, with grooves which seem to have been dug over the entire length of the stones. The work of erosion!
Near the “Pains de Sucre”, next to the balancing stone, or “Swing”, you will meet “The Cradle of the Devil”, this largest block, which measures 25 meters long, is also called “Altar of Gallic sacrifices". This group has several basins dug in granite.
The most curious of these rocky mastodons is undoubtedly “La Bascule or Teutatès”, god of the arts and roads. Finally, there is the stone named “Hesus”, god of war, located to the north, also called “La Boussaquine”.
Base Mérimée (Historic Monument)
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