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<< Our Photo Pages >> Le-Polissoir-d'Ors - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Nord:Nord (59)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 17 May 2005  Page Views: 5306

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Le-Polissoir-d'Ors
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 7.948 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Nord:Nord (59) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cambrai  Nearest Village: Ors
Latitude: 50.127983N  Longitude: 3.607053E
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.
4 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
4

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Le-Polissoir-d'Ors submitted by Alta-Falisa : Photo taken in May 2003. Courtesy Olier62. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir in Nord

1.2 metre long stone with cup marks and other marks. Grey limestone.
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Re: Le-Polissoir-d'Ors by Alta-Falisa on Saturday, 26 April 2014
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Coordinates provided by Olier62, whom I always trust : 50° 7' 40.72" N 3° 36' 25.40" E.
It is now near the edge of the pond where it was found in 1971 during the cleaning of the pond of Flaquet.
Classified in 1980.

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