<< Our Photo Pages >> Piprais menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Piprais menhirCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 0.741 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ploërmel Nearest Village: Monterrein
Latitude: 47.885507N Longitude: 2.349198W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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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johnstone visited on 23rd Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 10th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This 4.5 metre tall menhir can be found in a field of sweetcorn just to the northeast of the village of Monterrain, near to a roadside cross. The menhir, a white quartz looking stone, seems to be splitting into two. Apparently there is another fallen stone nearby, but hidden from view by the maize.
Ogham dt44 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
The menhir, a white quartz looking stone, seems to be splitting into two. Apparently there is another fallen stone nearby, but hidden from view by the maize.
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