<< Our Photo Pages >> La Longue Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Normandie:Manche (50)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Longue Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) Alternative Name: la Pierre du Plat Douet, Mariage des Trois PrincessesCountry: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cherbourg Nearest Village: St-Pierre-Eglise
Latitude: 49.676450N Longitude: 1.40542W
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 5th Apr 2007 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I was able to get right to this lovely stone this time, although in a rush as there was nowhere to park and I left the car blocking the little lane. The stone stands about 4 metres tall in a very swampy field, and I got soaking wet feet while walking up to the stone, but at least it washed clean all the mud from La Pierre Plantée. It now has a little information post at the gateway to the field, and is numbered on a marked walk around the village, so I must go and look for more information at St Pierre l'Eglise.
TheCaptain visited on 22nd Nov 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 In a field beside a small lane to the north of St-Pierre-Eglise can be found this large menhir. It is signposted from the larger road running north towards Cosqueville, but I found nowhere to park up the small lane, so had to return to the larger road to park and then walk the few hundred metres back to the stone.
It is a very large stone, which stands at 4.2 metres high, perhaps the largest menhir remaining standing in Manche today. It is of roughly square section with an angled top. It is about 50 metres into a field beside the lane, and although many people had obviously been in to have a closer look, there was a sign requesting nobody enters the field, so I just looked from the gate.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3 Access: 4
Perhaps the largest menhir remaining standing in La Manche today, it is of roughly square section with an angled top.
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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