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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre du Pont-Champion - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3230

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre du Pont-Champion Alternative Name: Menhir de Montifray
Country: 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:
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
3 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

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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.

Pierre du Pont-Champion
Pierre du Pont-Champion submitted by theCaptain : This three metre tall menhir lives in a field guarded by cows. There are several other large lumps of stone around. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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.


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Pierre du Pont-Champion
Pierre du Pont-Champion submitted by theCaptain : This three metre tall menhir lives in a field guarded by cows. There are several other large lumps of stone around. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Pont-Champion
Pierre du Pont-Champion submitted by theCaptain : 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre du Pont-Champion
Pierre du Pont-Champion submitted by theCaptain : This three metre tall menhir lives in a field guarded by cows. There are several other large lumps of stone around. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Pierre du Pont-Champion by TheCaptain on Thursday, 15 December 2011
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