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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre Plantée (Cosqueville) Alternative Name: Mariage des Trois PrincessesCountry: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cherbourg Nearest Village: Cosqueville
Latitude: 49.692720N Longitude: 1.40042W
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 22nd Nov 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 In a field to the south of the road running east out of Cosqueville can be seen this large menhir, 3 metres in height. It is possible to park nearby, and I walked round the edge of a field to get a nearer view of the stone which is in the middle of a field beside a quarry. It is a nicely shaped stone, looking to be wider at the top than the bottom, with a sort of nob on the top, and with grooves running down its sides, probably due to rain erosion.
It is a nicely shaped stone, looking to be slightly wider at the top than the bottom, with a sort of nob on the top, and with grooves running down its flat rear face, probably due to rain erosion.
The legend of the "Three Princesses" states that they were all once about to get married, and that they had a great dowry treasure. The three princesses somehow ended up getting turned to stone, and their dowry is buried somewhere in the middle of the triangle formed by them. At this place there is now a lake, which it is said to have been formed because of all the digging taken place there in search of the treasure !
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