<< Our Photo Pages >> Demoiselles Piquées - Stone Row / Alignment in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Demoiselles Piquées Alternative Name: Les Demoiselles de CojouxCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Redon Nearest Village: Saint-Just
Latitude: 47.764580N Longitude: 1.98286W
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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johnstone visited on 16th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
aolson visited on 19th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 2 A long walk, but all on a nice footpath. It is interesting how often the idea of the punished maidens / knights / etc turns up in regard to standing stones.
johnstone visited on 25th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 13th May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Three large white quartz menhirs one now fallen. The stone of the westernmost menhir is a really lovely thing with all sorts of coloured patterns and swirls within it.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 3.25
Three large white quartz menhirs, one now fallen. The stone of the westernmost menhir is a really lovely thing with all sorts of coloured patterns and swirls within it.
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