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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wellen Menhir
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.512 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Hesse Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kassel Nearest Village: Bringhausen
Latitude: 51.171105N Longitude: 8.994182E
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 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

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
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4 Accuracy:

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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**Wellen Menhir** submitted by KaiHofmann : Wellen Menhir & cup marks stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Standing Stone (Menhir) in Hesse

About 1 metre tall menhir with fish bone carvings covered by small roof to protect it from erosion. Relatively recently re-located by non experts from Wellen to woods on private property close to Edersee lake.
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