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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: L'Affiloire de Gargantua Alternative Name: La Pierre de GargantuaCountry: France Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Flers Nearest Village: Craménil
Latitude: 48.756000N Longitude: 0.3597W
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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oldman visited on 26th Oct 2017 Spotted from the road over 2 fields. Disguised by hedge
TheCaptain visited on 1st May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A four metre high shaped menhir in a field to the north of the little lane running west from Chêneduit to Craménil. It is across a field near a marshy area and perhaps with a spring close by. Many other stones lay around in the area.
It is across a field near a marshy area, and perhaps with a spring close by. Many other stones lay around in the area.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Positional co-ordinates taken from a gps reciever.
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