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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir dit la Jument Blanche - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 28 December 2004  Page Views: 4355

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit la Jument Blanche Alternative Name: chaise Saint Ronan, ar Garzec-Venn
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 3.122 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Douarnenez  Nearest Village: Locronan
Latitude: 48.098000N  Longitude: 4.208W
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
Destroyed 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
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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
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la Jument Blanche menhir submitted by Andy B : Vintage photograph from the 1927 book Menhirs et Dolmens Bretons by Paul Gruyer (Vote or comment on this photo)
The menhir la Jument Blanche, the white mare, in the commune of Locronan has been sadly destroyed. The rock from which it was formed had several natural basins within it.
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Re: la Jument Blanche menhir by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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The procession of La Tromenie circumvents la Jument Blanche (ar Garzec-Venn) which presents at one of its ends the form of a very convenient seat, known as chair of Saint Ronan, on which sterile women sat to ask for the joys of maternity.
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