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Submitted by thecaptain on Thursday, 26 April 2007 Page Views: 3372

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: L'Oeuf de Gargantua
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.412 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Coutances Nearest Village: Geffosses
Latitude: 49.117600N Longitude: 1.56398W
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

3 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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3 Access:

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
0	no data

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johnstone visited on 8th Jul 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

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**L'Oeuf de Gargantua** submitted by thecaptain : L'Oeuf de Gargantua is a granite stone which looks like a granite egg about 2 metres in length. There are many legends and folk tales associated with it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

A kilometre and a half to the south of the village of Geffosses, in the hamlet of Bretteville, was marked another megalith on the village map, so I had to go and have a look. It can be found just to the north of the river in a large farm, west of the road, with a little lane running through the farmyard.

The megalith is a granite stone now made into a garden feature in an open farmyard area. The stone is about 2 metres in length, and looks like a granite egg, up to 1 metre in diameter in the middle.

This was another stone I knew absolutely nothing about until only half an hour before I found it, again thanks to the village map. Its a pity that not all villages have these things marked on their maps.
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