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<< Text Pages >> Menhir de Chiron Lazare - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)

Submitted by thecaptain on Sunday, 09 August 2009  Page Views: 2122

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Chiron Lazare
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: L'Ile-d'Yeu
Latitude: 46.706700N  Longitude: 2.3719W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4
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Re: Menhir de Chiron Lazare by Anonymous on Friday, 28 August 2009
I believe that this menhir has been destroyed. It was 7 metres long but a part has been broken. The big part was brought to Port-Joinville at the beginning of 20th century. I don't know if this granite monolith is still at the same place.

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