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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Les GastinesCountry: 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:
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 |
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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 ?
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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