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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir des Droits de l'HommeCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Audierne Nearest Village: Plozévet
Latitude: 47.963400N Longitude: 4.4235W
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 |
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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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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TheCaptain visited on 17th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This is a large menhir erected here in 1840 to commemorate the shipwreck of the "Droits de l'Homme" in 1797 with the loss of around 600 lives. The stone used was once a real menhir moved to here from elsewhere. It's at the edge of a car park besides this phenomenal beach, with the surf pounding in all around, creating its own fog !
johnstone visited on 14th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
Base Mérimée (Historic Monument)
The stone used was once a real menhir moved to here from elsewhere. It's at the edge of a car park besides this phenomenal beach, with the surf pounding in all around, creating its own fog !
Wikipedia article
Liste des sites mégalithiques du Finistère
The complete text on the menhir is as follows:
Here, around this druidic stone are buried about 600 shipwrecked of the ship "Human Rights", shattered by the storm on January 14, 1797.
Major Pipon, born in Jersey, miraculously escaped this disaster, returned to this beach on July 21, 1840, and duly authorized, has engraved on the stone this lasting witness of his recognition.
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