<< Our Photo Pages >> Maupertus menhir - Modern Stone Circle etc in France in Normandie:Manche (50)
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Modern SitesSite Name: Maupertus menhirCountry: France
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Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Cherbourg Nearest Village: Maupertus-sur-Mer
Latitude: 49.656700N Longitude: 1.4825W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 22nd Nov 2004 - their rating: Access: 5 On the main street through Maupertus-sur-Mer, just to the north of Cherbourg Airport is a large granite stone being used as a gatepost. The stone looks very weathered, and the edges are curved and worn, not straight or with any quarrying marks. It is also twice as high as it would need to be for the gatepost function it provides. Is this one of the many ancient menhirs that used to be in this area reused ?
The stone looks very weathered, and many of the edges are curved and worn, not straight or with any quarrying marks. At 2.5 to 3 metres in height, it is also twice as high as it would need to be for the gatepost function it provides.
It would no surprise me at all if it was not once a menhir, or a part of one. Is this one of the many ancient menhirs that used to be in this area reused ?
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