<< Our Photo Pages >> Camp de César Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Camp de César Menhir Alternative Name: Le Roi des Menhirs, Bourg Jardin menhirCountry: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne Nearest Village: Avrillé
Latitude: 46.469227N Longitude: 1.495634W
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 |
0 | no data |
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johnstone visited on 6th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 5th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This large menhir is the only survivor of what was until the last century three stones here, set in an arrangement like the surviving Alignment de la Pierre. At 8.7 metres tall and nicely shaped and dressed, the stone, known as Le Roi des Menhirs (King of the menhirs) is so big that it was not destroyed, and has now had a municipal park created around it.
It is right outside the back of the local Mairie, and is a nice central feature to the garden. However, even here it has suffered from vandalism, somebody having chalked a massive hopscotch type board onto the flat southeast face of the menhir. There are also a few holes which have been drilled into it.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 5
The stone is 8.7 metres long, with more than 7 metres above ground, and it has been nicely shaped and dressed. The stone, known as Le Roi des Menhirs (King of the menhirs) is so big that it was not destroyed when its two companions were, and has now had a municipal park created around it, right outside the back of the local Mairie, and is a nice central feature to the garden.
However, even here it has suffered from vandalism, somebody having chalked a massive hopscotch type board onto the flat southeast face of the menhir. There are also a few holes which have been drilled into it.
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