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<< Our Photo Pages >> Statue menhir de Picarel - Sculptured Stone in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 10 February 2005  Page Views: 5338

Multi-periodSite Name: Statue menhir de Picarel
Country: France Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Fraisse-sur-Agout  Nearest Village: Picarel
Latitude: 43.594120N  Longitude: 2.799200E
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
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-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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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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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
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johnstone visited on 22nd Jun 2006 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 15th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Going north along the D.169 road from the Col de la Bane to the south of Fraisse-sur-Agout, and at a large corner in the road is a little lane to the west signed to Haut Picarel. About 300 metres down this track, and into a wood, you will find the menhir beside the trackway. This finely shaped menhir stands over 2 metres tall, and looks out down the valley to the southwest. The only obvious markings and carvings on the stone are relatively modern, a deep cut halfway up, and some circles in the upper part. The original statue-menhir carvings have become so faint as to be almost invisible these days, although 180 years ago, when this chap was first discovered, they were clear enough. With a lot of will power, I was able to make out its belt around the back, but nothing else, although the stone itself is very obviously shaped into the right form. It was very difficult to photograph, with the strong sunlight coming thought the trees creating dappled shadows on the stone. Where I was parked up here, there was a lady sat in a field reading, with several dogs, in amongst a large flock of sheep and goats. I assume she was the shepherdess, as the dogs were not at all concerned, nor were the sheep.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Statue menhir de Picarel
Statue menhir de Picarel submitted by thecaptain : This finely shaped statue-menhir stands over 2 metres tall, and looks out down the valley to the southwest. The only obvious markings and carvings on the stone are relatively modern, a deep cut halfway up, and some circles in the upper part. No doubt someone trying to make millstones in the fairly recent past. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Going north along the D.169 road from the Col-de-la-Bane to the south of Fraisse-sur-Agout, and at a large corner in the road is a little lane to the west signed to Haut Picarel. About 300 metres down this track, and into a wood, you will find the statue menhir beside the trackway.

This finely shaped menhir stands over 2 metres tall, and looks out down the valley to the southwest. The only obvious markings and carvings on the stone are relatively modern, a deep cut halfway up, and some circles in the upper part. No doubt someone trying to make millstones in the fairly recent past.

The original statue-menhir carvings have become so faint as to be almost invisible these days, although 180 years ago, when this chap was first discovered, they were clear enough. With a lot of will power, I was able to make out its belt around the back, but nothing else, although the stone itself is very obviously shaped into the right form.

It was very difficult to photograph, with the strong sunlight coming though the trees creating doppled shadows on the stone.


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Statue menhir de Picarel
Statue menhir de Picarel submitted by Aska : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Statue menhir de Picarel
Statue menhir de Picarel submitted by johnstone : In front of the menhir, no shades this time, June 22, 2006 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Statue menhir de Picarel
Statue menhir de Picarel submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of the petroglyph, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Languedoc:Lozère (48) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Statue menhir de Picarel
Statue menhir de Picarel submitted by thecaptain : About 300 metres down the little lane to Haut Picarel, into a wood, you will find the statue menhir beside the trackway. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Statue menhir de Picarel
Statue menhir de Picarel submitted by thecaptain : The original statue-menhir carvings have become so faint as to be almost invisible these days, although 180 years ago, when this chap was first discovered, they were clear enough. With a lot of will power, I was able to make out its belt around the back, but nothing else, although the stone itself is very obviously shaped into the right form.

Statue menhir de Picarel
Statue menhir de Picarel submitted by thecaptain : This finely shaped menhir stands over 2 metres tall, and looks out down the valley to the southwest.

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Re: Statue menhir de Picarel by TheCaptain on Sunday, 01 March 2009
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Comments from archeomick and AN Onymous

This is a "statue-menhir" (220 tall)- described by Bruno Marc's book "statues-menhirs et dolmens des causses et du haut languedoc" page 105.

Menhir with carvings. Cut from attempted destruction.
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