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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alignement de la Croix Peinte Alternative Name: Quenouille de GargantuaCountry: 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:
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 |
0 | no data |
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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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