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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lanvenaël menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lanvenaël menhir Alternative Name: Menhir de Lanvenaël
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Quimper  Nearest Village: Plomeur
Latitude: 47.849680N  Longitude: 4.31773W
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.
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
5

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Lanvenaël menhir submitted by JohnGinny : Easily overlooked, this stone is hidden in the middle of a hedgerow two fields back from a small road, surrounded by crops. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Five metre tall menhir in a field to the west of Beuzec, to the northwest of Plomeur.



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Lanvenaël menhir submitted by Martin_L : Menhir de Lanvénaël as seen in July 2023. It can be reached by a walk along a farm track and a field edge. It has become a bit hemmed in by a massive hedge growing between two fields though it seems to be cared for. No signpost, no infopanel, but marked on all maps. [Photo afficionado info: taken with a 1960s japanese Chinon TTL single lens reflex camera and 135mm f2.8 Mamiya Sekor on 1985 expir... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lanvenaël menhir submitted by Martin_L : Lanvenaël Menhir on an evening in July 1989. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lanvenaël menhir submitted by Martin_L : Approaching the Menhir de Lanvénaël on an early morning in July 2023. The upper half is already visible. The low sun nicely lit the colourful lichen on the eastern side of the menhir. The site can be reached by a walk along a farm track and a field edge. It has become a bit hemmed in by a massive hedge growing between two fields though it seems to be cared for. No signpost, no infopanel, but ma... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lanvenaël menhir submitted by JohnGinny : Amazing how different they look depending on where you view them from! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lanvenaël menhir
Lanvenaël menhir submitted by Martin_L : Menhir de Lanvénaël as seen in July 2023. It can be reached by a walk along a farm track and a field edge. It has become a bit hemmed in by a massive hedge growing between two fields though it seems to be cared for. No signpost, no infopanel, but marked on all maps. [Photo afficionado info: taken with a modified (lens flipped) 1955 Kodak Cresta Model I on a film from an expired batch of ORWO NP ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lanvenaël menhir
Lanvenaël menhir submitted by Martin_L : The Menhir de Lanvénaël on an early morning in July 2023. The low sun nicely lit the colourful lichen on the eastern side of the menhir. The site can be reached by a walk along a farm track and a field edge. It has become a bit hemmed in by a massive hedge growing between two fields though it seems to be cared for. No signpost, no infopanel, but marked on all maps.

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Lanvenaël menhir submitted by johnstone : Lovely menhir, nice curve, nice moss on June 13, 2004

Lanvenaël menhir
Lanvenaël menhir submitted by Martin_L : Upper two thirds of the Menhir de Lanvénaël peaking out behind the edge of a field on an early morning in July 2023. The low sun nicely lit the colourful lichen on the eastern side of the menhir. The site can be reached by a walk along a farm track and a field edge. It has become a bit hemmed in by a massive hedge growing between two fields though it seems to be cared for. No signpost, no infopa...

Lanvenaël menhir
Lanvenaël menhir submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France

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