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Multi-periodSite Name: Col-des-Saints statue-menhirCountry: France Département: Midi:Tarn (81) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Lacaune Nearest Village: Murat-sur-Vèbre
Latitude: 43.661840N Longitude: 2.862330E
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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Statue Menhir in Tarn
Engravings of the inscribed menhir of the "Col des Saints" are much erased over the length of the centuries.
Moreover, the cows which trot themselves over the mountain have the bad habit of rubbing against the stone to scrape themselves. This does not aid the conservation of the engravings.
Now the original statue-menhir has benn moved to Centre d'Interprétation (tourist information office and museum) in Murat-sur-Vèbre, and brand new replica is standing in situ.
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