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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre Guénachère - Sculptured Stone in France in Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71)

Submitted by thecaptain on Tuesday, 17 May 2005  Page Views: 4896

Multi-periodSite Name: Pierre Guénachère
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 10.368 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Le Creusot  Nearest Village: St-Émiland
Latitude: 46.915800N  Longitude: 4.467400E
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
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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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
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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
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TheCaptain visited on 3rd Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is a large granite blockdeep in the forest near a little stream, about one kilometres walk from the farm of La Madeleine, just to the west of St Emiland. Take the track beside the farm, keeping left, and after some distance it is signposted. The stone is a granite block, 4m by 3m by 2m high, which has got several strange carvings in it, particularly large circles. On the north side there are three circles, between 70 cm and 1 metre in diameter, while on the south side there is a straight line and a large, deeply cut circle, more than one metre in diameter. These symbols seem to have been very roughly hewn with stone tools, and it is thought that they are prehistoric. There are many legends associated with this stone, of which I don't know any.

Pierre Guénachère
Pierre Guénachère submitted by thecaptain : Pierre Guénachère is a large granite block deep in the forest, which has got several strange carvings in it, and it is thought that they are prehistoric. On the south side there is a straight line and a large, deeply cut circle, more than one metre in diameter. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is a large granite block deep in the forest near a little stream, which has got several strange carvings in it, particularly large circles. These symbols seem to have been very roughly hewn with stone tools, and it is thought that they are prehistoric.

The stone is a granite block, 4m by 3m by 2m high, on the north side there are three circles, between 70 cm and 1 metre in diameter, while on the south side there is a straight line and a large, deeply cut circle, more than one metre in diameter.

There are many legends associated with this stone, of which I unfortunately dont know any.

It is to be found about one kilometre walk from the farm of La Madeleine, just to the west of St Emiland. Take the track beside the farm, keeping left, and after some distance it is signposted.


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Pierre Guénachère
Pierre Guénachère submitted by thecaptain : Pierre Guénachère is a large granite block deep in the forest, which has got several strange carvings in it, and it is thought that they are prehistoric. On the north side there are three circles, between 70 cm and 1 metre in diameter. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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