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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhirs du Bas Rocher - Standing Stones in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 3369

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Rennes  Nearest Village: Ercé-près-Liffré
Latitude: 48.262330N  Longitude: 1.53814W
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
4 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.
3 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
5

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johnstone visited on 15th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by johnstone : View at the "front"side, June 15, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Northwest to southeast alignment of three standing stones, of which only two exist today, in the community of Ercé-près-Liffré in Ille-et-Vilaine.

Position of the small stone: 48.26244N 1.53864W

Location Source: T4T35
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Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by johnstone : The small one, cows and large one in the background, June 15, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by johnstone : June 15, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by johnstone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by johnstone : View at the "back"side, June 15, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by johnstone : The small one at short distance in the same pasture, June 15, 2022

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by johnstone : Close up of the small one, June 15, 2022

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by Flickr : Les menhirs du Bas Rocher - Erce Il existait un troisième menhir de 4,80 mètre de haut, aujourd'hui disparu. Image copyright: Erwan Corre (Erwan Corre), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Menhirs du Bas Rocher
Menhirs du Bas Rocher submitted by Flickr : Les menhirs du Bas Rocher - Erce L'un des sites les plus étonnants de la région : les deux menhirs du Bas Rocher se distinguent par la place qu'ils occupent dans un beau paysage vallonné... Image copyright: Erwan Corre (Erwan Corre), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Re: Bas Rocher menhirs by Dipo on Sunday, 04 January 2009
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Alignment (SE-NW) of 3 Menhirs.
Only 2 remains: 3,50m & 1,80m talls
The disappeared menhir was 4,86m tall.
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Re: Bas Rocher menhirs by Dipo on Sunday, 04 January 2009
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Condition:4
Ambience:4
Access:3
Accuracy:4

Co-ordinates: N48.26233 W1.53890
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