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<< Our Photo Pages >> Demoiselles Piquées - Stone Row / Alignment in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

Submitted by thecaptain on Thursday, 17 November 2005  Page Views: 4842

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Demoiselles Piquées Alternative Name: Les Demoiselles de Cojoux
Country: 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:
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
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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

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by johnstone : In front of the two big ladies, June 16, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)
An alignement of stones, part of the extraordinary megalithic complex to the west of the village of Saint Just.

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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Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by irundarra : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by johnstone : The ladies from aside, June 16, 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by johnstone : The two standing ladies, view from another side, June 25, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by johnstone : Close up of the fallen demoiselle, June 25, 2013

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by greywether : Showing all three stones.

Demoiselles Piquées
Demoiselles Piquées submitted by AlexHunger : "Demoiseles" at St. Just, viewed from South. A third rock lies fallen nearby. They would have been part of a larger allignment. A local fairy tale says the 3 stones represent three young ladies transformed into rocks as pnishment for dancing on a Sunday.

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