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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Berthellière - Polissoir in France in Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5648

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Berthellière Alternative Name: La Pierre Saint-Guillaume
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53) Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Ernée  Nearest Village: Montenay
Latitude: 48.283900N  Longitude: 0.855W
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
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TheCaptain visited on 29th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A lovely polissoir stone found a couple of kilometres southeast of the village of Montenay near to the town of Ernée in Mayenne. The stone is signposted and found in a little wooded area about 50 metres down a lane from the farm of the same name. The stone is flat on the ground about 2 metres in length and about half to three quarters of a metre wide. It has 3 big polishing bowls several sharpening grooves and several other polished features. It is a very hard looking stone which has been polished fantastically smooth by thousands of years of stone tool making. I am starting to really like these polissoir stones they really bring the ancient people to life sitting here polishing away at their axes and tools. They say far more than any dolmen or menhir to me.

La Berthellière
La Berthellière submitted by TheCaptain : La Berthellière polissoir, Montenay, Mayenne. A lovely polissoir stone with 3 big polishing bowls, several sharpening grooves and several other polished features.. (Vote or comment on this photo)
La Berthellière polissoir stone found a couple of kilometres southeast of the village of Montenay, near to the town of Ernée in Mayenne.

A lovely polissoir The stone is signposted and found in a little wooded area about 50 metres down a lane from the farm of the same name.

The stone is flat on the ground, about 2 metres in length and about half to three quarters of a metre wide, It has 3 big polishing bowls, several sharpening grooves and several other polished features. It is a very hard looking stone, which has been polished fantastically smooth by thousands of years of stone tool making.


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La Berthellière
La Berthellière submitted by TheCaptain : La Berthellière polissoir, Montenay, Mayenne. A lovely polissoir stone which has been polished fantastically smooth by thousands of years of stone tool making. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: La Berthellière by TheCaptain on Sunday, 08 May 2005
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La Berthellière polissoir, Montenay, Mayenne, N 48.2839, W 00.8550 by gps.
Visited Friday, 29 April 2005. Access 4, Condition 4, Ambience 4.

A lovely polissoir stone found a couple of kilometres southeast of the village of Montenay, near to the town of Ernée in Mayenne. The stone is signposted and found in a little wooded area about 50 metres down a lane from the farm of the same name.

The stone is flat on the ground, about 2 metres in length and about half to three quarters of a metre wide, It has 3 big polishing bowls, several sharpening grooves and several other polished features. It is a very hard looking stone, which has been polished fantastically smooth by thousands of years of stone tool making.

I am starting to really like these polissoir stones, they really bring the ancient people to life, sitting here polishing away at their axes and tools. They say far more than any dolmen or menhir to me.
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