<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre qui Tourne (Baileux) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Belgium in Hainaut
Submitted by Alta-Falisa on Friday, 21 March 2014 Page Views: 4619
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre qui Tourne (Baileux)Country: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 19.414 km away from the location you searched for.
Province: Hainaut Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Chimay Nearest Village: Baileux
Latitude: 50.038833N Longitude: 4.406719E
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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Alta-Falisa visited on 12th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Easy access on an (a bit bumpy) earth road, an ancestral road linking two old towns mind you ! Already visible from the N.99 Chimay-Couvin road (at km 30,7), about 150 m towards the South.
The Atlas de Ferraris, elaborated between 1770 and 1778, figures it along the ancestral road linking Chimay and Couvin, two old towns about 14 km apart (Chimay is attested in writing at the beginning of the 11th century, and Couvin at the end of the 9th century). This road still exists, as an earth road.
When investigated and fully described for the first time in 1889, the stone was lying on the ground. The State acquired it in 1897. In 1908, it was re-erected.
The Pierre qui Tourne still stands as shown on the Atlas de Ferraris : on the limit of two provinces, Hainaut and Namur – to be precise : still in Hainaut, but just !
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