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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre de MélierCountry: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Coutances Nearest Village: Brainville
Latitude: 49.084000N Longitude: 1.513W
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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There is supposedly a good sized menhir now contained within the walls of one of the buildings at Bas-Brainville. There are lots of old granite buildings here, but I could not see anything obvious.
I asked the people at one of the houses, and they said that they knew there was a menhir somewhere, and that they had looked for it, but had been unable to find it.
Another long lost megalith I have now found a reference to, but couldn't find on my quick visit. One day this stone will be refound and back in the public knowledge.
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