<< Our Photo Pages >> Menoignon menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menoignon menhir Alternative Name: Menognon menhirCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lesneven Nearest Village: Plounéour-Trez
Latitude: 48.655500N Longitude: 4.3251W
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 16th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Absolutely splendid menhir which is easily found near to a corner in a little open farmland lane, just behind a little scrubland area. The menhir must be about 8 metres in height, of large girth at the bottom, slowly tapering up to a pointed top. The southeastern face of the menhir has been worked into an extremely flat surface, of triangular shape, something which clearly took a lot of time to produce. One can only speculate at what this was used for, I have no doubt that it may well have been painted on.
The locality of the stone is a bit marshy, and perhaps there is a spring nearby, underneath some of the wooded glades. Not far away to the east (~20 metres) is another large stone, which looks fairly natural, but I have no doubt it has some relation to the menhir.
johnstone visited on 16th Jun 2003 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
The southeastern face of the menhir has been worked into an extremely flat surface, of triangular shape, something which clearly took a lot of time to produce. One can only speculate at what this was used for, I have no doubt that it may well have been painted on.
The locality of the stone is a bit marshy, and perhaps there is a spring nearby, underneath some of the wooded glades.
Not far away to the east (~20 metres) is another large stone, which looks fairly natural, but I have no doubt it has some relation to the menhir.
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