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Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 3798

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre levée de Picarel Alternative Name: Pierre saignante; Pierre qui saigne
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 5.081 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Languedoc:Aude (11) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Carcassonne  Nearest Village: Saissac
Latitude: 43.374230N  Longitude: 2.161580E
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 13th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

TheCaptain saw from a distance on 26th Mar 2000 Seen from the road during a drive SE from Toulouse to explore Les Montagnes Noire. Revel, Saissac, Mas Cabardès, Chateaux de Lastours, Gorges de la Clamoux, Dolmens, Mazamet, Toulouse.

Pierre levée de Picarel
Pierre levée de Picarel submitted by johnstone : The west side, Sep.13, 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)
4 metre tall menhir stood near a spring, across a field from the little D4 road north of Saissac.



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Pierre levée de Picarel
Pierre levée de Picarel submitted by johnstone : Approaching from the south, Sep.13, 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre levée de Picarel
Pierre levée de Picarel submitted by johnstone : The east side, Sep.13, 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre levée de Picarel
Pierre levée de Picarel submitted by johnstone : Northern side on Sep.13, 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Picarel Menhir by TheCaptain on Saturday, 09 April 2016
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