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<< Text Pages >> Alignement de la Croix Peinte - Stone Row / Alignment in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alignement de la Croix Peinte Alternative Name: Quenouille de Gargantua
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 1.276 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Vannes  Nearest Village: Plaudren
Latitude: 47.789816N  Longitude: 2.683273W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4
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Stone Row / Alignment in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Le Bodan, Plaudren, Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany
Source: T4T35

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"4 small menhirs aligned in the same wood as the Megalith called Quenouille Gargantua [MHQUE1], further south, but iI do remains more than three. The fourth block, as in the East, was near an embankment, but it has disappeared and the menhir with. Among the remaining menhirs, the largest on the west end, is up about 1.60 m."
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