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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3424

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher Alternative Name: Menhir du Moulin Rouge
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne  Nearest Village: Le Givre
Latitude: 46.456846N  Longitude: 1.401913W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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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TheCaptain visited on 5th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 All I could find where this stone should be was a fallen smoothed stone at the roadside, but I could find nowhere to safely stop and have a good look around. It's about 3 metres long by 2 metres wide.



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Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher
Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher submitted by thecaptain : Champ du Rocher menhir. All I could find where this stone should be was a fallen smoothed stone at the roadside, about 3 metres long by 2 metres wide. (Vote or comment on this photo)
All I could find where this stone should be was a fallen smoothed stone at the roadside, but I could find nowhere to safely stop and have a good look around elsewhere.

It's about 3 metres long by 2 metres wide.

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Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher
Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher submitted by johnstone : The menhir is still lying along the road, Sep.10, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Champ du Rocher menhir by Rubis on Tuesday, 25 May 2010
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