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<< Text Pages >> Taenchel Menhirs Couche - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Alsace-Lorraine:Haut-Rhin (68)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Taenchel Menhirs Couche
Country: France Département: Alsace-Lorraine:Haut-Rhin (68) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Colmar  Nearest Village: Thannenkirch
Latitude: 48.227460N  Longitude: 7.283880E
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
3 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.
2 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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Menhir in Haut Rhin


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 103m SSW 192° La Roche Pointue* Rock Outcrop
 317m SE 138° Mur Païen* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
 745m SE 140° Roche de la Garde* Rock Outcrop
 1.0km SSE 148° Rocher de la Paix d'Udine* Rock Outcrop
 1.2km NNW 338° Rocher des Cordonniers* Rock Outcrop
 1.2km NNW 340° Cupules du Rocher du Géant* Rock Art
 1.5km NW 322° Rocher de la Petite Fée* Rock Outcrop
 1.5km NW 317° Rocher des Reptiles* Rock Outcrop
 1.7km WNW 303° Roches des Trois Tables* Rock Outcrop
 1.8km WNW 302° Rocher de l'Anneau* Rock Outcrop
 6.2km N 3° Cupules du Mont Chaumont Rock Art
 7.9km NNE 16° Rocher du Coucou Rock Art
 8.1km NNE 22° Enceinte de Frankenbourg* Ancient Village or Settlement
 8.5km N 3° Roches des Fées (Neubois) Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 13.3km NE 47° Rochers des Celtes* Barrow Cemetery
 14.4km NE 42° Dambach-la-Ville Menhir* Modern Stone Circle etc
 15.7km NE 51° Pierre de la Chapelle Saint-Jean* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 16.0km ESE 109° Hoelmatt Tumulus* Artificial Mound
 16.3km E 86° Mussig Tumuli* Artificial Mound
 16.3km E 86° Nachtweide Tumuli* Artificial Mound
 19.1km N 356° Menhir dit le Rocher des Poupons Standing Stone (Menhir)
 19.3km S 184° La Fontaine de la Dame* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 19.8km S 185° Rocher Turenne* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 20.1km S 172° Ricoh Tumuli* Artificial Mound
 23.6km NNE 22° Rocher Robert Forrer* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
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