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<< Text Pages >> Menhirs de Ménac - Standing Stones in France in Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17)

Submitted by Rubis on Tuesday, 01 June 2010  Page Views: 2328

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhirs de Ménac
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 8.213 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Poitou:Charente-Maritime (17) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Pons  Nearest Village: Mosnac
Latitude: 45.505300N  Longitude: 0.516667W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
2

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These two menhirs or "peulvans" in old French, "Pierres levées" were listed by archeologists in booklets. Ménac is the old name of Mosnac.

One was 4.50 meters high and 2 meters wide.

The owner of the land where stood the two menhirs knocked them down in 1851. Maybe are they still lying somewhere and hidden?
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24 avril 2017 BB 67455-67558 Train 3835 Nantes -> Bordeaux Mosnac (17)

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