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From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows, Aubrey Burl

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tour-ar-Varquez - Stone Row / Alignment in France in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 3702

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tour-ar-Varquez Alternative Name: Poul-ar-Varquez
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Tréguier  Nearest Village: Pleubian
Latitude: 48.861100N  Longitude: 3.1199W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
5

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TheCaptain visited on 25th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Two standing and one fallen stone make up this alignement of stones in a field wall to the northeast of Pleubian. The two standing stones are about 2.5 metres tall, but the fallen one is of indeterminate length and lost in the undergrowth. It is situated about 100 metres across a field beside the road north from St Antoine. The orientation is 065°.

johnstone visited on 21st Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 4

Tour-ar-Varquez
Tour-ar-Varquez submitted by thecaptain : Two standing and one fallen stone make up this alignment of stones in a field wall to the northeast of Pleubian. The two standing stones are about 2.5 metres tall. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Two standing and one fallen stone make up this alignement of stones in a field wall to the northeast of Pleubian. The two standing stones are about 2.5 metres tall, but the fallen one is of indeterminate length and lost in the undergrowth.

It is situated about 100 metres across a field beside the road north from St Antoine. The orientation is 065°.

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Tour-ar-Varquez submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France The second menhir in front (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tour-ar-Varquez submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France Both menhirs, the first menhir in front (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tour-ar-Varquez submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France The second menhir (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tour-ar-Varquez submitted by regina (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tour-ar-Varquez submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France Backside of the first menhir

Tour-ar-Varquez
Tour-ar-Varquez submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France The first menhir

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