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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ginestous Menhir 1 - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 27 October 2005  Page Views: 7219

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ginestous Menhir 1
Country: France Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lodève  Nearest Village: Moules et Baucels
Latitude: 43.951700N  Longitude: 3.766900E
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.
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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TheCaptain visited on 20th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The Ginestous complex of 9 menhirs and a burial chamber can be found about 5 kilometres to the east of Ganges, by following the road signposted to Nimes. After the road reaches the top of the hill continue for a further 500 metres, then take the small lane to the north, towards Ginestous chateau. After a couple of hundred metres, the road crosses an old railway line (now dismantled) and there is room to park here. The wonderful Almond menhir can be seen from here. Ginestous menhir is the most wonderful almond shaped menhir, a good 3 metres in height, up to 2 metres wide at its middle, but only 30 cm thick. The flat front faces due south. The work that has gone into shaping it is extremely finely done. They did a great job making this one, surely one of the most lovely standing stones in the world. Easily found a couple of hundred metres along the disused railway track to the east of the Ginestous Chateau road crossing, and visible from there. Well worth a visit.

johnstone visited on 23rd Jun 2000 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4

regina have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Ginestous Menhir 1
Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain : Ginestous menhir, 3 metres tall and the most wonderful almond shape. Probably the finest menhir in the World. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ginestous menhir, a few kilometres to the east of Ganges in Hérault, is arguably the most magnificent menhir in the world.

It is the most wonderful almond shaped menhir, a good 3 metres in height, up to 2 metres wide at its middle, but only 30 cm thick. The flat front faces due south.

The work that has gone into shaping it is extremely finely done. They did a great job making this one.

Surely one of the most lovely standing stones in the world.

Well worth a visit.

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Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain : Ginestous menhir, perhaps the finest there is. This is the side view looking west (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Ginestous Menhir 1
Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain : The magnificent Ginestous menhir, viewed here looking northwest. The white stone which can be seen in the distance beyond the menhir is the large backstone remains of the nearby dolmen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain : The magnificent Ginestous menhir, viewed here looking northeast. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Ginestous Menhir 1
Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain : The magnificent Ginestous menhir, viewed here looking south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by regina : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France

Ginestous Menhir 1
Ginestous Menhir 1 submitted by regina

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Re: Ginestous menhir by ModernExplorers on Wednesday, 22 February 2017
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Re: Ginestous menhir by TheCaptain on Thursday, 31 October 2013
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can just about be made out in streetview here

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Re: Ginestous menhir by ModernExplorers on Thursday, 31 October 2013
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This menhir features in a short film we made during our trip around Southern France - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lrxlYYrXMM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUPDHexw5B21ggksbpddGCVA
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Re: Ginestous menhir by TheCaptain on Saturday, 29 October 2005
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The Ginestous complex of 9 menhirs and a burial chamber can be found about 5 kilometres to the east of Ganges, by following the road signposted to Nimes. After the road passes over the top of the hill continue for a further 500 metres, then take the small lane to the north, towards Ginestous chateau. After a couple of hundred metres, the road crosses an old railway line (now dismantled) and there is room to park here. The wonderful Almond menhir can be seen from here, a couple of hundred metres along the railway track to the east.
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