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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de Men Bihan Alternative Name: Men-VihanCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lorient Nearest Village: Camors
Latitude: 47.830300N Longitude: 3.0258W
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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Ozzie visited on 28th Feb 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2
TheCaptain visited on 13th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The "little stone" is well hidden deep in the forest. I found it as much by luck as by good navigation using a detailed map and asking people. There are no signs or anything to help you, and it is 100 metres away from the nearest footpath. The menhir is about 1.8 metres tall, and a nice white granite all covered in moss. Its a nice stone to find, partially because of the difficulty in getting to it, with no gps or anything to go by.
johnstone visited on 6th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Ogham have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 2.67
I found it as much by luck as by good navigation using a detailed map and asking people. There are no signs or anything to help you, and it is 100 metres away from the nearest footpath.
It's a nice stone to find, partially because of the difficulty in getting to it.
Location Source: T4T35
See also the menhir Men Bras, which stands 600 metres further
Wikipedia article Liste des sites mégalithiques du Morbihan
Base Mérimée (Historic Monument)
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