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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) Alternative Name: Mariage des Trois PrincessesCountry: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cherbourg Nearest Village: St-Pierre-Eglise
Latitude: 49.680232N Longitude: 1.390534W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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TheCaptain visited on 22nd Nov 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 In a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise can be seen this large menhir, almost 3 metres in height. It is probably possible to get to fairly nearby, but it would have meant walking through an absolute stinking swamp caused by cattle at the field gateway. So I satisfied myself with a long distance view from the higher road beside a small chapel, a distance of about 100 metres for my photograph.
It is possible to see across a couple of fields from a parking place near to the little Chapelle Notre Dame at Hacouville, where there is a little noticeboard. Given good dry conditions, and empty fields, an approach right to the stone can be made, but be careful with the dodgy gate !
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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