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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bons Tassilly polissoirs - Polissoir in France in Normandie:Calvados (14)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 6967

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bons Tassilly polissoirs Alternative Name: polissoirs de Poussendre
Country: France Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Falaise  Nearest Village: Soumont-St-Quentin
Latitude: 48.969400N  Longitude: 0.2225W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
4

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TheCaptain visited on 23rd Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Two polissoirs can be found beside the river which forms the gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site. Follow signs to the Brèche de Diable park the car and then walk along the footpath which follows the river up this splendid rocky gorge. After several hundred metres the path diverges from the river and starts uphill to the left when you come to a fenced area. At this point go down towards the stream and the two polissoir stones can be found one on each side of the river. The first one on the near side of the river is a block of hard stone sticking out of the hillside about 2 metres long and a metre wide. On the top surface of this stone are two large polished bowl areas and three grooves made by polishing the hard stone into tools. It is wonderful to sit down on one of the ends of this stone and imagine polishing away to make an axe or similar. In fact I was very tempted to just sit there and make one ! The polissoir on the far side of the stream has now been fenced off within private ground and cannot be reached although can clearly be seen.

Bons Tassilly polissoirs
Bons Tassilly polissoirs submitted by TheCaptain : Mont Joly polissoirs, Bons Tassilly, Calvados. The first of two polissoir stones beside the river which forms the gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site. It is wonderful to sit down on one of the ends of this stone, and imagine polishing away to make an axe or similar. In fact I was very tempted to just sit there and make one ! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Two polissoir stones can be found beside the river which forms the gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site in Calvados

The first one, on the near side of the river is a block of hard stone sticking out of the hillside about 2 metres long and a metre wide. On the top surface of this stone are two large polished bowl areas, and three grooves, made by polishing the hard stone into tools.

The polissoir on the far side of the stream has now been fenced off within private ground and cannot be reached, although can clearly be seen.

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Bons Tassilly polissoirs submitted by Rida : Bons Tassilly polissoirs Site in Normandie: Calvados (14) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bons Tassilly polissoirs
Bons Tassilly polissoirs submitted by TheCaptain : Mont Joly polissoirs, Bons Tassilly, Calvados. The second polissoir on the far side of the stream has now been fenced off within private ground and cannot be reached, although can clearly be seen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bons Tassilly polissoirs
Bons Tassilly polissoirs submitted by TheCaptain : Mont Joly polissoirs, Bons Tassilly, Calvados. The first of two polissoirs beside the river which forms the gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site. On the top surface of this stone are two large polished bowl areas, and three grooves, made by polishing the hard stone into tools. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Bons Tassilly polissoirs by TheCaptain on Thursday, 28 April 2005
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Mont Joly polissoirs, Soumont-Saint-Quentin, Calvados, N 48.9649, W 00.2235 by gps
Visited Saturday, 23 April 2005. Access 4, Condition 3, Ambience 5.

Two polissoirs can be found beside the river which forms a gorge surrounding the Mont Joly promontory site. Follow signs to the Brèche de Diable, park the car and then walk along the footpath which follows the river up this splendid rocky gorge. After several hundred metres, the path diverges from the river and starts uphill to the left when you come to a fenced area. At this point go down towards the stream, and the two polissoir stones can be found, one on each side of the river. The first one, on the near side of the river is a block of hard stone sticking out of the hillside about 2 metres long and a metre wide. On the top surface of this stone are two large polished bowl areas, and three grooves, made by polishing the hard stone into tools. It is wonderful to sit down on one of the ends of this stone, and imagine polishing away to make an axe or similar. In fact I was very tempted to just sit there and make one !

The polissoir on the far side of the stream has now been fenced off within private ground and cannot be reached, although can clearly be seen.
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