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Text Pages: Homberg Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Switzerland in Zürich

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 824
Site Name: Homberg Menhir Alternative Name: Rifferswil Menhir
Country: Switzerland County: Zürich Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Zürich Nearest Village: Rifferswil
Latitude: 47.248670N  Longitude: 8.475770E
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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Menhir in Zürich


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