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<< Our Photo Pages >> Les Ecuelles du Diable - Holed Stone in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 4107

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Les Ecuelles du Diable Alternative Name: Monument dit les Ecuelles du Diable
Country: France Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Holed Stone
Nearest Town: Lodève  Nearest Village: Soumont
Latitude: 43.732190N  Longitude: 3.371110E
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
3 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
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2 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
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TheCaptain visited on 17th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Within the grounds of the St Michel de Grandmont Priory there are many strangely shaped and carved rocks. There are stories of sacrifice, and there being channels cut in the rocks for the blood to run through. Several of the rocks seem to have been cut into what are possibly thrones. A very strange area.

johnstone visited on 11th Jul 2001 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3



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Les Ecuelles du Diable
Les Ecuelles du Diable submitted by thecaptain : Within the grounds of the St Michel de Grandmont Priory there are many strangely shaped and carved rocks. Several rocks have curious basins and channels carved into them, which are thought to possibly be sacrificial tables. There are stories of sacrifice, and there being channels cut in the rocks for the blood to run through. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Within the grounds of the St Michel de Grandmont Priory there are many strangely shaped and carved rocks, but which can only be seen during a guided visit to the Priory, as there are no longer any free visits round the grounds.

Several rocks have curious basins and channels carved into them, which are thought to possibly be sacrificial tables. There are stories of sacrifice, and there being channels cut in the rocks for the blood to run through. Several of the rocks seem to have been cut into what are possibly thrones.

A very strange area.


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Les Ecuelles du Diable
Les Ecuelles du Diable submitted by thecaptain : Within the grounds of the St Michel de Grandmont Priory there are many strangely shaped and carved rocks. Several rocks have curious basins and channels carved into them, which are thought to possibly be sacrificial tables. There are stories of sacrifice, and there being channels cut in the rocks for the blood to run through. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Les Ecuelles du Diable by TheCaptain on Friday, 26 October 2007
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For the English speakers amongst us, an écuelle is a sort of rough old fashioned bowl used for eating purposes, so the name of these stones translates to something like "The Devil's eating bowls".
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