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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Le Gal de GauchinCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 18.789 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Nord:Pas-de-Calais (62) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lens Nearest Village: Gauchin-le-Gal
Latitude: 50.415070N Longitude: 2.580950E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Nord:Pas-de-Calais (62)
Pierre initialement ovoïde en grès de plus de 130kg, reliée par une chaine à un socle fruste de grès, lui aussi. Elle est installée sur la place du village. Elle est réputée rouler la nuit bruyamment sur les chaussées, d'où la chaîne maintenant pour garantir la tranquillité.
Elle est moins grande qu'il y a deux siècles.
Elle est polie, signe d'un usage intensif.
C'est une pierre à légendes, dont une relative à la sexualité.
Le terme Gal est un mot d'ancien français qui a donné le mot "galet" au 12ème siècle.
Sa datation et sa localisation première sont incertaines : mégalithe? œuf funéraire gallo-romain? pilori?
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