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<< Our Photo Pages >> Appenthal Menhirs - Stone Row / Alignment in France in Alsace-Lorraine:Haut-Rhin (68)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 7120

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Appenthal Menhirs
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 7.074 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Alsace-Lorraine:Haut-Rhin (68) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Colmar  Nearest Village: Guebwiller
Latitude: 47.923320N  Longitude: 7.205590E
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.
5 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.
3 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
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Appenthal Menhirs
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : Side view of North West Allignment and North Allignment up the Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Alignement in Haut Rhin

Double allignement in Y form with 39 stones up to 1.3 meter tall. North west of town about 200 meters north of last houses.

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Appenthal Menhirs
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : The Appenthal menhirs are the most Easterly Menhirs Allignements in France that are known at present. Seen here from South East. It consists of about 39 mostly upright menhirs of up to 1.30 Meters tall in a Y shaped configuration in the woods about 200 Meters to the East of the town of Guebwiller in Alsace. Most stones are about 50 Cm tall and a park bench occupies the center, where more stones sh... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Appenthal Menhirs
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : View of North Allignment (Vote or comment on this photo)

Appenthal Menhirs
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : View from North to South. Note curvature. The well lit stone next to the tree, is the tallest, at 1.3 Meters. The other tend to average about 60 Cm. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Appenthal Menhirs
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : View from North West alignment towards the center. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Appenthal Menhirs
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : View of North West Allignement at a diagonal. The log at the end marks the end of the publick path and the beginning of private peroperty.

Appenthal Menhirs
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Alsace-Lorraine:Haut-Rhin (68) France

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