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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir des Faux - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 2798

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir des Faux
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 12.322 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Nantes  Nearest Village: Les Sorinières
Latitude: 47.159320N  Longitude: 1.51961W
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
4 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.
5 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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Menhir des Faux
Menhir des Faux submitted by AlexHunger : About 2 Meter tall largely quartz based Menhir supplanted by iron cross and headless saint in little park of Les Sorinières, South Nantes Suburb. (Vote or comment on this photo)
About 2 Meter tall largely quartz based Menhir supplanted by wraught iron cross and headless saint in little park of this South Nantes Suburb.

Address: Rue de Babylone, 44840
Location Source: T4T35

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Menhir des Faux
Menhir des Faux submitted by johnstone : Detail of the top including the saint without head and the plaquette has disappeared, Sep.5, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir des Faux
Menhir des Faux submitted by johnstone : Another side of the monolith, Sep.5, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir des Faux
Menhir des Faux submitted by AlexHunger : About 2 Meter tall largely quartz based Menhir supplanted by iron cross and headless saint in little park of Les Sorinières, South Nantes Suburb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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