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<< Our Photo Pages >> L'Affiloire de Gargantua - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Normandie:Orne (61)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 4779

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: L'Affiloire de Gargantua Alternative Name: La Pierre de Gargantua
Country: France Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Flers  Nearest Village: Craménil
Latitude: 48.756000N  Longitude: 0.3597W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
5

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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.

L'Affiloire de Gargantua
L'Affiloire de Gargantua submitted by TheCaptain : Pierre de Gargantua, Craménil, Orne A four metre high shaped menhir in a field near a marshy area, and perhaps with a spring close by. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A four metre high shaped menhir in a field to the north of the little lane running west from Chêneduit to Craménil in Orne.

It is across a field near a marshy area, and perhaps with a spring close by. Many other stones lay around in the area.

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L'Affiloire de Gargantua
L'Affiloire de Gargantua submitted by TheCaptain : Pierre de Gargantua, Craménil, Orne A four metre high shaped menhir in a field near a marshy area, and perhaps with a spring close by. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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