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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: St-Léonard MenhirsCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 6.298 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Wallis Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: St-Léonard Nearest Village: Sion
Latitude: 46.255100N Longitude: 7.421070E
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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During excavation work as part of a construction site at the site called “Les Fougains”, an alignment of 13 menhirs (medium-sized erect stones / medioliths) was found in collaboration with the cantonal office of Archaeology of the Canton of Valais.
Such a discovery is exceptional. Indeed, the last similar recording dates from 1964 in the city of Sion at the “Petit Chasseur.”
The Neolithic period seems to be favoured by scholars, which seems to be consistent with the many other discoveries made in the territory of Saint-Léonard up to that time.
Carbon-14 dating is underway, the on-site survey is almost complete and the stones will soon be transported extra-mural in order to carry out the detailed studies under the best conditions.
As soon as the analysis phase has been completed, discussions will resume in collaboration with the cantonal office for finding a dignified place for this extraordinary discovery in our communal territory.
References:
(1) Homepage of St-Léonard municipality: Découverte archéologique 2021
(2) Swiss Inventory of Archaeological Stones, SSDI Object No. 1958.04 .
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