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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir de Villefagnan - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Poitou:Charente (16)

Submitted by taupin on Monday, 05 December 2011  Page Views: 3233

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Villefagnan Alternative Name: Menhir de la Vergnaude
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 7.345 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Poitou:Charente (16) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Angouleme  Nearest Village: Villefagnan
Latitude: 46.011530N  Longitude: 0.095030E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
5 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
5

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Menhir de Villefagnan
Menhir de Villefagnan submitted by taupin : Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Poitou:Charente (16)

This Sunday afternoon I found a new standing stone in Charente, despite a very bad weather .

My friend told me that there is a standing stone in the commune of Villefagnan, near the road D 740 to Ruffec and I went there .

I found it near a white trackway ; this standing stone is on the right .

This stone is 2.7 m high over the mound ;1.3 m wide and 0.8 m on thickness. The mound is about 4 m in diameter and 1 m high. It is composed of limestone.

I did not find the site on any map.

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Menhir de Villefagnan
Menhir de Villefagnan submitted by taupin : Site in Poitou:Charente (16) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de Villefagnan
Menhir de Villefagnan submitted by taupin (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir de Villefagnan
Menhir de Villefagnan submitted by taupin (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Menhir de Villefagnan by Martin_L on Monday, 05 December 2011
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According to this website (you have to scroll down) it seems to be a modern folly:
http://pascal.baudouin.pagesperso-orange.fr/courcomenhir.htm
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