<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre du Pont-Champion - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre du Pont-Champion Alternative Name: Menhir de MontifrayCountry: France Département: Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Tours Nearest Village: Beaumont-la-Ronce
Latitude: 47.563800N Longitude: 0.633700E
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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TheCaptain visited on 11th Aug 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This three metre tall menhir lives in a field guarded by cows, just to the south of the busy D.766 road a few kilometres west of the village of Beaumont-la-Ronce. There is a parking area nearby, and its just 100 metres walk along the edge of the field to the menhir. There are several other large lumps of stone around.
There is a parking area nearby, and its just 100 metres walk along the edge of the field to the menhir. There are several other large lumps of stone around.
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