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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La CoumetteCountry: France Département: Languedoc:Aude (11) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Tournissan
Latitude: 43.070000N Longitude: 2.643611E
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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La Coumette is a tall, slim, handsome stone - looking out over a valley that has unusual features and alignments.
Drive out of Lagrasse on the D3, turning left to Tournissan. The lower menhir is on the left before the village. Turn right in the village for Talairan and at the first fork go right on a metalled lane for 2km. This upper menhir stands atop a small hill - and possibly a tumulus - on the right about 100 metres after the tarmac ends.
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