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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir dit la Pierre-Drette (Guitrancourt) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Ile-de-France:Yvelines (78)

Submitted by binardino on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 6348

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit la Pierre-Drette (Guitrancourt)
Country: France Département: Ile-de-France:Yvelines (78) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Guitrancourt
Latitude: 49.000900N  Longitude: 1.782000E
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.
4 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
4

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Menhir dit la Pierre-Drette (Guitrancourt)
Menhir dit la Pierre-Drette (Guitrancourt) submitted by binardino : easy to acess, this menhir is around 2 meters high and 2.5 large, we can see a small hole on the top and a circle of few others stones around it down. Menhir dit la Pierre-Drette (Guitrancourt) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir in Yvelines, easy to acess, this menhir is around 2 meters high and 2.5 wide.

we can see a small hole on the top and a circle of few others stones around it down.


Positional co-ordinates scaled from a map source.

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"Menhir dit la Pierre-Drette (Guitrancourt)" | Login/Create an Account | 3 News and Comments
  
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Re: Pierre Drette by Anonymous on Friday, 11 July 2008
Because of the natural hole near the summit, this menhir was nicknamed the "ear lobe of Gargantua" ( a legendary giant who lived in the French Vexin)
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Re: Pierre Drette by binardino on Tuesday, 25 April 2006
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easy to acess, this menhir is around 2 meters high and 2.5 large , we can see a small hole on the top and a circle of few others stones around it down.
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Re: Pierre Drette by Anonymous on Monday, 27 March 2006
we can see a 15 centimeter hole diggen in the stone
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