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Sacred Stones in Indian Civilization: with Special Reference to Megaliths

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Normandie:Calvados (14)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 18734

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) Alternative Name: Reviers menhir
Country: France Département: Normandie:Calvados (14) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Caen  Nearest Village: Reviers
Latitude: 49.301937N  Longitude: 0.455405W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
5

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TheCaptain visited on 28th Sep 2006 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 As I am right here and passing by, thought I may as well stop and take a look in the daylight. The crops in the field are growing, or more likely its been left fallow, but the ploughs have been right up to the stone and its fairly difficult to spot, even with this small growth. The poor stone is in a very sorry state, and could do with some TLC. Shame its so woefully looked after, so close to the well maintained large barrow.

TheCaptain couldn't find on 29th Dec 2005 Despite being marked on the ign map and having a good look all around I could find no sign of any menhir here. Perhaps it is fallen and somewhere within a field of oilseed Rape. Later note. Having seen the 1:25000 ign map of the area the menhir is marked fairly close to the corner of the road and farm track right where I was looking originally. As I suspected the menhir must be fallen and hidden within the crop.

Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers)
Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) submitted by thecaptain : Reviers menhir. Just inland from the D-Day beaches can be found (when the crops are down) the sad remains of this menhir. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just inland from the D-Day beaches, to the east of the village of Reviers beside the D.35 road, can be found (when the crops are down) the sad remains of this menhir.

At the top of the hill, less than 1 km from the village centre, is a farm track leading to the south. The fallen and broken menhir is in the field between this track and the village, not more than 20 metres from the road. The stone is about 1.5 metres in length, and lies on the ground with several other broken pieces of stone around it, and has been ploughed right up to all around.


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Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers)
Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) submitted by regina : Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers)
Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) submitted by regina (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers)
Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) submitted by thecaptain : As I was passing by, thought I should stop and take a look at this stone in the daylight. The weeds in the field are growing, and the ploughs have been right up to the stone but its fairly difficult to spot, even with this small growth. The poor stone is in a very sorry state, and could do with some TLC. Shame its so woefully looked after, so close to the well maintained large barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers)
Menhir dit Pierre Debout (Reviers) submitted by thecaptain : Reviers menhir under a solstice / Christmas dawn sky. half an hour or so before sunrise, 23 December 2005. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Reviers menhir by TheCaptain on Thursday, 27 October 2011
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seen here on streetview


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Re: Reviers menhir by Rida on Thursday, 24 March 2011
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This is a link on Wikipedia
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Re: Reviers menhir by TheCaptain on Saturday, 24 December 2005
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menhir located ! Yes, its just in the field (now without crops), but small fallen and broken. I called in on the way between Caen ferry port and my sisters. Pictures and proper details to come.
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Re: Reviers menhir by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 27 April 2005
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Despite being marked on the ign map, and having a good look all around, I could find no sign of any menhir here. Perhaps it is fallen and somewhere within a field of oilseed Rape.

Later note. Having seen the 1:25,000 ign map of the area, the menhir is marked fairly close to the corner of the road and farm track, right where I was looking originally. As I suspected, the menhir must be fallen and hidden within the crop.
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