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<< Text Pages >> Naters Heidenstein - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Switzerland in Wallis

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 February 2006  Page Views: 5153

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Naters Heidenstein Alternative Name: Menhir von Naters
Country: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 32.549 km away from the location you searched for.

Canton: Wallis Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Sion  Nearest Village: Naters
Latitude: 46.325660N  Longitude: 7.987580E
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:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 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
no data

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Menhir in Wallis

Squared off stone just under 1 meter tall next to Pfarrkirche Sankt Mauritius of dubius antiquity.

Address: Kirchstrasse,
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Re: Naters Heidenstein ("Menhir von Naters") by Megalithic89 on Tuesday, 11 April 2023
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For more info see Swiss Inventory of Stone Monuments, http://www.ssdi.ch, Object No. 3904.01 VS Naters, with photos, in German:

Link to SSDI Object No. 3904.01
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Street View by aolson on Monday, 14 January 2019
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https://goo.gl/maps/pPm5yXz9zW12 The end of the concrete wall. The cup marks are on the top surface.
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