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Montchauvet Alignements
Trip No.16 Entry No.17 Date Added: 17th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Montchauvet alignements submitted by Rida on 6th Feb 2011. Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France
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Pierre du Hu
Trip No.16 Entry No.18 Date Added: 17th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierre du Hu submitted by theCaptain on 15th Nov 2011. At the northeastern corner of the field of the Montchauvin Alignements, the largest, The Pierre du Hu, stands just under three metres tall.
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Menhir dit la Longue-Pierre (Landepéreuse)
Trip No.16 Entry No.1 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Eure (27))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir dit la Longue-Pierre (Landepéreuse) submitted by johnstone on 15th May 2018. The front of the menhir, at the corner of Route du Menhir and Rue du Tilleul, June 16, 2009
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La Grosse Pierre (Verneusses)
Trip No.16 Entry No.3 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Eure (27))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
La Grosse Pierre (Verneusses) submitted by thecaptain on 11th Nov 2005. La Grosse Pierre (Verneusses). A nice dolmen largely made from the most wonderful puddingstone slabs.
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Menhir dit la Pierre de Gargantua (Neaufles)
Trip No.16 Entry No.4 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Eure (27))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Menhir dit la Pierre de Gargantua (Neaufles) submitted by Flickr on 16th Apr 2016. La pierre de Gargantua Site in Normandie:Eure (27) France
Le menhir de Neaufles-Auvergny immobile au milieu des herbes balayées par le vent. Image copyright: Osbern (Osbern), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Bretteville Allée Couverte
Trip No.16 Entry No.19 Date Added: 17th May 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Bretteville Allée Couverte submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Sep 2007. Bretteville Galerie Des Forges, just off the ferry at Cherbourg on an Easter visit to my sisters, at sunrise on a lovely April morning.
This was a lovely visit in the early morning sun, with dew and a bit of frost making everything sparkle, and some happy and contented cows wandering around in the surrounding fields.
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Grande et Petite Pierre
Trip No.16 Entry No.20 Date Added: 17th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Grande et Petite Pierre submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Jan 2009. La Grande et La Petite Pierre, near Cherbourg, on a cold, bright morning.
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Petite Roche allée couverte
Trip No.16 Entry No.21 Date Added: 18th May 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Petite Roche allée couverte submitted by thecaptain on 27th Dec 2004. Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche, Rocheville, Normandie.
Seen here in its woodland setting from the southwest.
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Menhir de la Bergerie des Etennevaux
Trip No.16 Entry No.22 Date Added: 18th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de la Bergerie des Etennevaux submitted by TheCaptain on 7th May 2005. La Bergerie des Etennevaux, menhir, St Germain-des-Vaux, Manche.
Menhir about 2 metres tall right at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsular, seen from two fields distance in a downpour.
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Pierres Pouquelées
Trip No.16 Entry No.23 Date Added: 19th May 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Pierres Pouquelées submitted by thecaptain on 29th Apr 2005. Pierres Pouquelées View looking southish at this much ruined allée couverte on top of the hilly downs to the northwest of the village of Vauville, where the wonderful long beach can just be made out.
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Pierre au Rey
Trip No.16 Entry No.24 Date Added: 19th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pierre au Rey submitted by thecaptain on 6th Dec 2004. La Pierre au Rey dolmen on the clifftops at Flamanville in Normandie, seen in its cafe garden. There are strange carvings on a couple of the stones, including a human figure on the top boulder.
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Autel des Druides des Moitiers d'Allonne
Trip No.16 Entry No.25 Date Added: 19th May 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Autel des Druides des Moitiers d'Allonne submitted by thecaptain on 20th Dec 2004. Autel des Druides des Moitiers d'Allonne Allée Couverte in Manche, Normandy. Viewed here looking southeast in the setting November sunshine
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Menhirs de la Glacerie
Trip No.16 Entry No.26 Date Added: 19th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Menhirs de la Glacerie submitted by johnstone on 18th May 2018. The 2 menhirs beside the road,
July 2, 2009
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Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud)
Trip No.16 Entry No.27 Date Added: 20th May 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Jan 2005. Allée Couverte du Bois de la Plesse (South).
Looking approximately northwards at the eastern (entrance) end. As well as the large stones of the central chamber, many of the smaller stones which once made up a kerb to the covering mound, and some sort of entrance facia still survive.
The more ruined northern allée Couverte can be seen in the background.
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L'Oeuf de Gargantua
Trip No.16 Entry No.29 Date Added: 20th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
L'Oeuf de Gargantua submitted by thecaptain on 26th Apr 2007. L'Oeuf de Gargantua is a granite stone which looks like a granite egg about 2 metres in length.
There are many legends and folk tales associated with it.
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Menhir dit Pierre Bottin
Trip No.16 Entry No.30 Date Added: 20th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir dit Pierre Bottin submitted by thecaptain on 2nd May 2007. I could see the stone from the road nearby, and estimate it to be about 2 metres tall. It has a similar sized stone laying flat nearby.
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Mont St Michel
Trip No.52 Entry No.8 Date Added: 16th Aug 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Mont St Michel submitted by theCaptain on 4th Jan 2013. They are trying to cut off the Mont again, to get the sea to surround it once more.
I read at the new controlling dam on the river that the land has risen 4.9 metres since the 1960s. Much of these new grassy marshes is being dug up and pushed into the river, hopefully to get washed away.
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Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée
Trip No.16 Entry No.2 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Dolmen de la Pierre Couplée submitted by thecaptain on 11th Nov 2005. La Pierre Couplée, Ferté Frênel, is a poor broken and mistreated dolmen, barely left with enough room to survive in its ploughed field.
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Menhir dit la Pierre d'Etat
Trip No.16 Entry No.5 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Seine-Maritime (76))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir dit la Pierre d'Etat submitted by McGray on 14th Jul 2011. Menhir dit la Pierre d'Etat
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Dolmen dit La Salle des Fées
Trip No.11 Entry No.1 Date Added: 19th Feb 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen dit La Salle des Fées submitted by thecaptain on 28th Nov 2005. La Salle aux Fées, near to the village of St Pazanne in Loire Atlantique.
Very much a real dolmen, and not a waterlogged hole !
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