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Submitted by thecaptain on Saturday, 25 November 2006 Page Views: 4164
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de la Grurie Alternative Name: Villiers Canivet menhirCountry: France
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Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Falaise Nearest Village: Villiers Canivet
Latitude: 48.933900N Longitude: 0.2726W
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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A strange rectangular section stone, is it a fallen (but on edge) menhir, or perhaps a backstone or fallen capstone from a burial chamber? I can find nothing about this stone, which I had no knowledge of a year or so ago.
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