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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre de Bray Alternative Name: La Longue PierreCountry: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 5.907 km away from the location you searched for.
Province: Hainaut Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Mons Nearest Village: Bray
Latitude: 50.425000N Longitude: 4.106000E
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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The stone does not exist any more. It is precisely described in archives and by a sketch made before 1753, when it was broken into smaller pieces to repair a canal. The stone is figured on maps established by Eugene Henri Fricx (1644-1730) [non vidi], and still on the Atlas de Ferraris (1771-1778) folio 65.
The coordinates given are approximative (accuracy : 20 m or so) ; it is surprising to see how closely today's roads (not the motorways) follow ancient paths and earth roads.
Bibliography : Les chaussées romaines de Bavay n'ont-elles pas une origine préhistorique? by M. Desailly, in Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France, 1921, vol. 18, n°7, 160.
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