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<< Text Pages >> Menhir du Bas Melleraye - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir du Bas Melleraye
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Angers  Nearest Village: Chazé-Henry
Latitude: 47.781620N  Longitude: 1.117117W
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
no data 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
4
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Menhir in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire

Menhir du Bas Melleraye is a menhir in the community of Chazé-Henry, Departement of Maine-et-Loire, Region of Pays de la Loire

"Menhir détruit en 1880 pour la construction d'un chemin, qui mesurait selon les sources entre 2,50 m et 5 m de haut. Il n'est reste que la base haute de 50 cm."

"Menhir destroyed in 1880 to build a road, which measured according to sources between 2.50 m and 5 m high. It remains only the high base of 50 cm."
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