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Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 28 January 2020  Page Views: 13515

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Country: France Département: Languedoc:Aude (11) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Prades  Nearest Village: Counozouls
Latitude: 42.729600N  Longitude: 2.223900E
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.
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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Oohlen visited on 1st Jan 2020 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Fabulous site in the forest of the Pyrenees.the menhir overlooks the valley and across to the perched village..very impressive by its height and its location..the drive there is magnificent and well worth the effort to visit.

TheCaptain visited on 12th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 After a seemingly very long drive south from Quillan, along roads hacked into cliff faces, passing through numerous massive gorges which at times I never thought the campervan would fit through, I arrived at the village of Ste Colombe-sur-Guette. A few more miles south along the road in the valley, then climbing steeply up the side of the gorge, all the time bearing in mind theres a 3 metre height limit signposted, but which thankfully turns out to be only at one side of the road. Turn left and cross the bridge towards Cournozouls, and go a further 1.7 kilometres, until you come to a double right hand bend. There is room to park here on the outside of the curve, and just here can be found this massive menhir, standing below the road on the steep hillside, with a little path leading down to it, and thankfully the trees around it now cleared. The stone now stands proudly in the open, with a lovely view of the village across the valley. The stone stands over 8 metres in height, making it the biggest in southern France, and one of the tallest in the entire country. It is a large granite lump, and initially looks a bit like it might be a natural lump fallen down the mountain. However it certainly looks to have been shaped, and wedged into its upright position, and I am assured it is a proper menhir.

johnstone visited on 24th Jul 2001 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 4

Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by thecaptain : Le Grand Menhir de Counozouls, at nearly 9 metres high, one of the tallest in France, stands on the side of a steep valley in the Pyrenees. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Grand Menhir de Counozouls, in the Aude Valley to the south of Quillan, is 8.9 metres tall, and weighs 50 tons. It is the biggest in southern France, and one of the largest in Europe. A few years ago it was almost lost in the forest, but thankfully the trees around it have now been cleared, and the stone stands proudly in the open, with a lovely view of the village across the valley, in this extremely spectacular Pyrenean scenery.

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Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by thecaptain : Le Grand Menhir de Counozouls, the largest in southern France, stands at 8.9 metres tall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by ocdolmen : Counozouls menhir in the trees before clearance. summer 1990 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by thecaptain : Le Grand Menhir de Counozouls, stands on the side of a steep valley in the Aude Pyrenees. (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by johnstone : A strange shape from this point of view, July 24, 2001 (10 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by johnstone : View at the side with cracks, July 24, 2001

Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by Oohlen : The height of the menhir can be seen here next to a 6ft 1 man.

Grand Menhir de Counozouls
Grand Menhir de Counozouls submitted by Oohlen : Grand Menhir de Counozouls in Winter 2020

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Re: Le Grand Menhir by davidmorgan on Monday, 23 September 2013
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Re: Le Grand Menhir by Anonymous on Thursday, 01 December 2005

Menhirs

From my research has ensued that the sense of megalithic buildings had been first the care of human healthy. I can experimentally prove, that each mass has its energy, which can be transferred to other masses or it can be gained of it. In all cases holds that a mass with larger energetic potential spontaneously transfers the energy to the mass that has a smaller potential. The transit of energy is conditioned by the contact of energy components of the both masses.

In the connection with menhirs it can be interpreted so, that from the energy components of watercourse and other sources the rock obtains natural energy, which subsequently can receive people. Dolmens, cromlechs and other constructions had been built from various minerals that had been transported in many cases from considerable distances. Every sort of mineral has its energy code and the combination of rocks creates another code. So we can suppose that by transmission the energy from rock to organisms happens to transmission of character of mass, too. Farther cannot be speculated about it, first will be necessary to study energy code of rocks.

The motivation of megalithic constructions is only smaller part of its mystery. Much more exacting will be to explain which and by what kind of method had given an impulse for a start of their construction. By present version of history the people of megalithic culture could not be found abreast of the technical forwardness, which I have mentioned. With technical level, which we have owed to them they could not but ensure the building hundreds of thousands of megalithic constructions at four continents.

Imagine, that we have become the task to organize the identical action at present time. People will choose to build menhirs for resource of their optimal energy value. But I doubt that anybody could prove to pass on the needed information to hundreds of thousands places without news media. Megalithic constructions by their existence but have argued that then people had been able to hand over needed instructions even with language barriers. An explanation of this fact can induce our image about the long past history.

The name “Megalithic constructions” would be suitable to revise for “Energy constructions” because it does not concern only constructions built in antiquity. The energy character of minerals had been used during the history at all sorts of sanctuaries from zikkurats, complexes of pyramids, more than hundred thousands of earthen ramparts, mounds, temples, cathedrals, mosques, until to millions of stups and chapels. 7000 towers on island Sardinia, for which we don´t know any reasons, were the energy constructions, too. Resembling unexplained constructions are also situated at other places.

The people of megalithic culture could not be more advanced. They only had used the natural force, which has remained to the science a secret till this time. Thereon could have kept an interest the clerical leaders, which have used the strain and the curative effect for their benefit.

The course and details of my research I have mentioned at http://www.miroslavprovod.com

September 2005

Miroslav Provod centrum11@volny.cz



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Re: Le Grand Menhir by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 15 November 2005
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After a seemingly very long drive south from Quillan, along roads hacked into cliff faces, passing through numerous massive gorges which at times I never thought the campervan would fit through, I arrived at the village of Ste Colombe-sur-Guette. A few more miles south along the road in the valley, then climbing steeply up the side of the gorge, all the time bearing in mind theres a 3 metre height limit signposted, but which thankfully turns out to be only at one side of the road. Turn left and cross the bridge towards Cournozouls, and go a further 1.7 kilometres, until you come to a double right hand bend. There is room to park here on the outside of the curve, and just here can be found this massive menhir, standing about 80 metres below the road on the steep hillside, with a little path leading down to it, and thankfully the trees around it now cleared.
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