<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Cornue - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Normandie:Calvados (14)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre CornueCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 5.32 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Falaise Nearest Village: Condé-sur-Ifs
Latitude: 49.042697N Longitude: 0.128611W
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 24th Jun 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 23rd Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 A very large menhir in disturbed ground which looks to be an old stone quarry just behind the Mairie which is just to the west of the main street a few hundred metres south of the church. The menhir is made of a strange sort of stony conglomerate and is a strange shape and contains many holes. It is more than 4 metres high 2.5 metres wide and over a metre thick at the base although the main part of the stone is about half a metre thick.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 5
The menhir is made of a strange sort of stony conglomerate, and is a strange shape and contains many holes. It is more than 4 metres high, 2.5 metres wide and over a metre thick at the base, although the main part of the stone is about half a metre thick.
The menhir is in disturbed ground, which looks to be an old stone quarry just behind the Mairie, which is just to the west of the main street a few hundred metres south of the church.
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