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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Oberlöstern Menhir
Country: Germany Land: Saarland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Trier Nearest Village: Oberlöstern
Latitude: 49.578101N Longitude: 6.925375E
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

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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 Accuracy:

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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**Oberlöstern Menhir** submitted by KaiHofmann : Romanised/christianised standing stone/border stone Oberlöstern. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Standing Stones in Saarland

About 1.5m Meter tall menhir, used by Romans as milestone and later christianised at corner of road in town.
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