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Submitted by thecaptain on Tuesday, 17 May 2005 Page Views: 4896
Multi-periodSite Name: Pierre GuénachèreCountry: 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
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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