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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher Alternative Name: Menhir du Moulin RougeCountry: 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:
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 10th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5
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.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 2 Access: 4.5
It's about 3 metres long by 2 metres wide.
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