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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chapeneille Menhirs - Standing Stones in France in Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 2742

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chapeneille Menhirs Alternative Name: Menhirs du Petit-Auverné
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Chateaubriant  Nearest Village: Petit-Auverné
Latitude: 47.609630N  Longitude: 1.29043W
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.
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.
5 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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Chapeneille Menhirs
Chapeneille Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : Two Menhirs in front of Petit-Auverné Church near Chateaubriant, one 1.4 Meter tall quartz block and 1 Meter tall iron tinged limstone block. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Two menhirs in front of Church, one 1.4 Meter tall quartz block and 1 metre tall iron tinged limestone block.

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Chapeneille Menhirs
Chapeneille Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger : Two Menhirs in front of Petit-Auverné Church near Chateaubriant, one 1.4 Meter tall quartz block and 1 Meter tall iron tinged limstone block. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chapeneille Menhirs
Chapeneille Menhirs submitted by Dipo : Chapeneille Menhirs (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Chapeneille Menhirs
Chapeneille Menhirs submitted by Dipo (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Chapeneille Menhirs by cmc on Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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When i was young there were a house on this place (i have a photo).
Could you please tell me if this is the"true" place of these stones or if they were picked-up from an other.
I remenber a field called "Champenielle".
Sorry for my english!
Thank you
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