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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhir or Stèle de Saint-Antoine - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir or Stèle de Saint-Antoine
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Concarneau  Nearest Village: Melgven
Latitude: 47.896267N  Longitude: 3.843789W
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
4 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.
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 or Stèle de Saint-Antoine
Menhir or Stèle de Saint-Antoine submitted by mwrc2 : Menhir at the entrance to St Antoine, opposite the large greenhouses (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing stone (Stèle) beside the road at St Antoine in the community of Melgven

From mwrc2.
According to the nearby information board, this is a polished Stèle (rather than a menhir) made out of granite, with a rectangular base and a height of 2.95m.
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"Menhir or Stèle de Saint-Antoine" | Login/Create an Account | 4 News and Comments
  
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Re: Saint-Antoine menhir by lafemmedepierre on Thursday, 05 October 2023
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As for the comments and form of the stone, I would say it would be wise to change its name into "stèle dite menhir de saint Antoine" ? or else, menhir or stele de saint Antoine : what do you think ?
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Re: Saint-Antoine menhir by mwrc2 on Wednesday, 12 August 2020
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Visited in August 2020. According to the nearby information board, this is a polished stele (rather than a menhir) made out of granite, with a rectangular base and a height of 2.95m.
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Re: Saint-Antoine menhir by davidmorgan on Thursday, 24 March 2016
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