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<< Our Photo Pages >> Les Gastines - Standing Stones in France in Normandie:Orne (61)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3686

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Les Gastines
Country: France Département: Normandie:Orne (61) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: L'Aigle  Nearest Village: Saint-Hilaire-sur-Ri
Latitude: 48.714000N  Longitude: 0.499000E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
no data

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TheCaptain saw from a distance on 2nd May 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 At the hamlet of La Métairie, a couple of kilometres south of Saint Hilaire-sur-Risle, in Orne, used to be a field with several stones in it including 4 menhirs one of which was more than 4 metres high and had been split by a tree which had grown in a crack in the stone. Recent fate seems not to have been kind to these stones as when I visited, the field had been cleared of these stones and ploughed over and planted with crops. What appeared to be a bush growing over the top of the ridge was on closer inspection a trimmed tree with signs of a large stone mixed in with it. I could get no closer to look properly, but at least the large split menhir seems to be in place still. When driving along the lane to the south of the field I saw three large stones and many smaller ones piled within the hedge. Is this the sad fate of Les Gastines ? Succombed to a farmers greed after 5000 years ?

Les Gastines
Les Gastines submitted by thecaptain : Les Gastines menhirs. Not too long ago a field with at least 4 menhirs in it, but these days seems to have been cleared except for the big one, which can just about be seen here poking out of the top of the dark bush in the middle. (Vote or comment on this photo)
At the hamlet of La Métairie, a couple of kilometres south of Saint Hilaire-sur-Risle, in Orne, used to be a field with many stones in it, perhaps once a cromlech, and including 4 menhirs one of which was more than 4 metres high and had been split by a tree which had grown in a crack in the stone.

Recent fate has not been kind to these stones as when I visited the field had been cleared of these stones and ploughed over and planted with crops. What appeared to be a bush growing over the top of the ridge was on closer inspection a trimmed tree with signs of a large stone mixed in with it. I could get no closer to look properly, but at least the large split menhir seems to be in place still.

When driving along the lane to the south of the field I saw three large stones and many smaller ones piled within the hedge. Is this the sad fate of Les Gastines ? Succombed to a farmers greed after 5000 years ?


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Les Gastines
Les Gastines submitted by thecaptain : Les Gastines menhirs. Once a field with 4 menhirs, now seemingly cleared. Is this perhaps the second one moved to the hedge ? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Gastines
Les Gastines submitted by thecaptain : Les Gastines menhirs. Once a field with 4 menhirs, now seemingly cleared. This is perhaps a third one cleared to the hedge ? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Les Gastines
Les Gastines submitted by thecaptain : Les Gastines menhirs. Once a field with 4 menhirs, now seemingly cleared. Is this the fourth one laying in the hedge ? (Vote or comment on this photo)

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