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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir du Boy - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Languedoc:Lozère (48)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 2772

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir du Boy
Country: France Département: Languedoc:Lozère (48) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Mende  Nearest Village: Lanuéjols
Latitude: 44.493858N  Longitude: 3.559520E
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.
5 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
4

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Menhir du Boy
Menhir du Boy submitted by ocdolmen : Menhir du Boy (Vote or comment on this photo)
Menhir in Lozère

According to Bruno Marc :
This beautiful granite stone is 2.30 m high and 1.25 m wide. There are clearly two circular arcs engraved on the most visible face. Do not see some mysterious esoteric signs, because it is a plot of preparing the stone in order to cut two mill-stones.

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Sites mégalithiques de la Lozère
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Menhir du Boy
Menhir du Boy submitted by johnstone : Close up of the front, watch those circles, July 11, 2007 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhir du Boy
Menhir du Boy submitted by johnstone : View fron the other side, July 11, 2007 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mausolée gallo-romain de Lanuéjols - Lozère
Eglise de Lanuéjols - Lozère
Eglise de Lanuéjols - Lozère

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