Featured: Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Random Image


Ana Kai Tangata

Sign the Petition to protest against building a Hotel on Castle Hill hillfort

Sign the Petition to protest against building a Hotel on Castle Hill hillfort

Who's Online

There are currently, 461 guests and 2 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre Levée de Chenillée - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3124

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Levée de Chenillée Alternative Name: La Chenillée menhir, Menhir de la Chenillée
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Les Sables-d'Olonne  Nearest Village: St-Vincent-sur-Graon
Latitude: 46.462854N  Longitude: 1.373528W
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.
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
5

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

johnstone visited on 10th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 5th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This is a nicely smoothed and shaped menhir, which must be about 4.5 metres tall, 2.5 metres wide and 1 metre thick. It is just off a farm track beside the road, and is signposted.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5

Pierre Levée de Chenillée
Pierre Levée de Chenillée submitted by thecaptain : A nicely smoothed and shaped menhir, which must be about 4.5 metres tall, 2.5 metres wide and 1 metre thick. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is a nicely smoothed and shaped menhir which must be about 4.5 metres tall, 2.5 metres wide and 1 metre thick.

It is just off a farm track beside the road, and is signposted. In the community of St-Vincent-sur-Graon.

Location Source: T4T35

Base Mérimée (Historic Monument)
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Pierre Levée de Chenillée
Pierre Levée de Chenillée submitted by johnstone : The fourth side, as seen through the maize, Sep.10, 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Levée de Chenillée
Pierre Levée de Chenillée submitted by Rubis : Other name: Pierre levée (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Levée de Chenillée
Pierre Levée de Chenillée submitted by ocdolmen : the menhir of la Pierre Levée de la Chenillée in july 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Levée de Chenillée
Pierre Levée de Chenillée submitted by ocdolmen : La Pierre Levée de la Chenillée (july 2009) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre Levée de Chenillée
Pierre Levée de Chenillée submitted by thecaptain : Just off a farm track beside the road, this is a nicely smoothed and shaped menhir, which must be about 4.5 metres tall and 2.5 metres wide. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 1.7km WSW 247° Petites Jaunières* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 1.7km NE 38° Dolmen des Games* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 2.3km WSW 253° Menhir dit le Champ du Rocher* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 3.7km SW 222° Terrier Papin Dolmens* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 3.9km SE 145° Menhir de la Pierre Couchée (St Benoist)* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 5.1km W 262° Petit Menhir du Plessis* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 5.2km W 262° Dolmen de l'Echafaud du Plessis* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 5.3km WSW 255° Dolmen des Pierres Folles du Plessis* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 5.5km W 264° Menhirs du Plessis* Standing Stones
 6.1km SW 227° Pey de Fontaine* Chambered Cairn
 7.0km WSW 241° Cour du Breuil Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 7.3km WSW 253° Dolmen de Savatole 1* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 7.3km WSW 258° Menhir des Ouches* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.3km WSW 253° Dolmen de Savatole 2* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 7.4km W 259° Menhir du Bois (Vendée)* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.4km WSW 253° Dolmen de Savatole 3* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 7.5km WSW 258° Frébouchère Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 7.7km WSW 250° Menhir de Fontaines* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.7km WSW 250° Pierres Folles de la Serrée* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 8.1km WSW 247° Pey du Rocher Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 8.4km W 273° Menhir de la Boilière* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 8.5km W 269° Fontaine Saint Gré menhirs* Standing Stones
 8.5km W 268° Fontaine Saint Gré* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 8.5km W 268° Fontaine Saint Gré tumulus* Chambered Cairn
 8.9km W 274° Menhir du Petit Saint Jean* Standing Stone (Menhir)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Bons Tassilly polissoirs

Sechebec Dolmen >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Mesolithic Britain and Ireland: New Approaches

Mesolithic Britain and Ireland: New Approaches

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Pierre Levée de Chenillée" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.