<< Our Photo Pages >> Les Pierres Jumelles - Standing Stones in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Les Pierres Jumelles Alternative Name: Menhirs jumeaux de la Pierre LevéeCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 3.469 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne Nearest Village: Olonne-sur-Mer
Latitude: 46.529300N Longitude: 1.7511W
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 |
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oldman visited on 18th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5 shame that they are now in the village
johnstone visited on 11th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 6th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The Pierres Jumelles, or twin stones, are set into a little area beside the old road (which has now been bypassed twice) opposite to the aptly named Chateau Pierre Levée. The two stones are both about 4 metres high, but that is where the similarity between them ends.
One of the stones is a rounded block of lovely pink granite, while the other is a tall pointed grey stone. They are set about 6 metres apart from each other. The pink stone really does shine and sparkle in the evening sunlight - it really is a wonderful stone, and is one of my favourites of all I have seen. There is wonderful lichen growing on both menhirs.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 5
One of the stones is a rounded block of lovely pink granite, while the other is a tall pointed grey stone. They are set about 6 metres apart from each other. The pink stone really does shine and sparkle in the evening sunlight - it really is a wonderful stone, and is one of my favourites of all I have seen. There is wonderful lichen growing on both menhirs.
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