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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhirs de la Fage A - Standing Stones in France in Languedoc:Lozère (48)

Submitted by ocdolmen on Wednesday, 30 August 2006  Page Views: 5151

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhirs de la Fage A Alternative Name: La Fage menhirs 1
Country: France Département: Languedoc:Lozère (48) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Mende  Nearest Village: Les Bondons
Latitude: 44.419400N  Longitude: 3.586200E
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.
 4 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
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bishop_pam visited on 26th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 2

TheCaptain couldn't find on 25th Sep 2005 - their rating: Access: 4 Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for just under 4 kilometres, and there is a signpost to menhirs down a footpath on the right. However, when I visited, this footpath takes you through a field of vicious looking cows, so I did not venture any further. Supposedly there are 15 small menhirs to be found in the woods, should you choose to go here.



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Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen : on 28th of August 2006 beside a menhir of group1 of la fage, Bondons menhirs group, Lozère, France. originally, there was 20 menhirs composing sub-group 1 of Fage, group on the Bondons (150 menhirs); Not long ago, all the menhirs were lying on the ground. They are in the course of rélèvement and the majority are today upright. A part disappeared certainly re-used by the peasants from the ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Originally, there was 20 menhirs composing sub-group 1 (A) of La Fage, a group of the Bondons Menhirs (150 menhirs) in Lozère. Not long ago, all the menhirs were lying on the ground. They are in the course of rélèvement and the majority are today upright.

There was probably once many more menhirs here. Their sizes range between 1 metre to 1.85 metres tall.

Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for just under 4 kilometres, and there is a signpost to menhirs down a footpath on the right.

For a plan of the majority of the menhirs in this Cham des Bondons region, see here

Note: We have recently received several photos of some of the many menhirs in the magnificent Cham des Bondons region in Southern France from Ocdolmen.
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Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by Aska : The entrance toward the wood of La Fage menhirs A. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by Aska : Site in Languedoc:Lozère (48) France copyright free. revision for following visitors welcomed. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen : one of the menhirs of La Fage group (group 1) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen : Landscape near the group 1 of La Fage menhirs. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen : originally, there was 20 menhirs composing sub-group 1 of Fage, group on the Bondons (150 menhirs); Not long ago, all the menhirs were lying on the ground. They are in the course of rélèvement and the majority are today upright. A part disappeared certainly re-used by the peasants from the surroundings (various constructions). Their sizes are between 1 meter to 1.85 meter tall.

Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen : originally, there was 20 menhirs composing sub-group 1 of Fage, group on the Bondons (150 menhirs); Not long ago, all the menhirs were lying on the ground. They are in the course of rélèvement and the majority are today upright. A part disappeared certainly re-used by the peasants from the surroundings (various constructions). Their sizes are between 1 meter to 1.85 meter tall.

Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen : origininally, there was 20 menhirs composing sub-group 1 of la Fage, on Cham de Bondons (150 menhirs); Not long ago, all the menhirs were lying on the ground. They are in the course of rélèvement and the majority are today upright. A part disappeared certainly re-used by the peasants from the surroundings (various constructions). Their sizes are staged between 1 meter to 1.85 meter tall. ...

Menhirs de la Fage A
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen : origininally, there was 20 menhirs composing sub-group 1 of la Fage, on Cham de Bondons (150 menhirs); Not long ago, all the menhirs were lying on the ground. They are in the course of rélèvement and the majority are today upright. A part disappeared certainly re-used by the peasants from the surroundings (various constructions).

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Re: La Fage menhirs A by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 21 April 2010
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When I attempted to visit these in 2005, after a while the footpath was routed through a field of vicious looking cows, so I did not venture any further. Supposedly there are 15 small menhirs to be found in the woods, should you choose to go here.

As it was, there were many more sites, many of which are far more spectacular, to visit nearby in this region, far too many for a single short day visit, which was cut very short by some very heavy thunderstorms.
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