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Alignement dit de La Petite Pierre
Trip No.11 Entry No.11 Date Added: 20th Feb 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Alignement dit de La Petite Pierre submitted by thecaptain on 5th Jul 2005. Alignement de la Pierre, near the wonderfully rich megalithic centre of Avrillé in Vendée.
The central stone is about 5.5 metres tall.
This is only one of many such arrangements in the locality.
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Menhir de la Boilière
Trip No.11 Entry No.12 Date Added: 21st Feb 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de la Boilière submitted by thecaptain on 10th Dec 2005. This 4 metre tall menhir just to the east of Avrillé fell in 1964, but has been re-erected only with the help of two cranes in the 1980s after they had failed to put it back up manually.
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Camp de César Menhir
Trip No.11 Entry No.13 Date Added: 22nd Feb 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Camp de César menhir submitted by thecaptain on 5th Jul 2005. The King of the Menhirs, in the public gardens of Avrillé, in Vendée.
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Fontaine Saint Gré menhirs
Trip No.11 Entry No.14 Date Added: 22nd Feb 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Fontaine Saint Gré menhirs submitted by thecaptain on 10th Dec 2005. Near to the Fontaine Ste Gré spring there are two menhirs to be seen.
In the hedge beside the lane which leads to the Fontaine Ste Gré, just beside the entrance to the field within which the spring is, can be found this menhir, about 2.5 metres tall, but very well hidden and overgrown within the hedge.
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Deux Menhirs Prés Moreau
Trip No.11 Entry No.3 Date Added: 19th Feb 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Deux Menhirs Prés Moreau submitted by Dipo on 20th Sep 2008. Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique France:
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Menhir La Haute Lande
Trip No.11 Entry No.5 Date Added: 19th Feb 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhir La Haute Lande submitted by Dipo on 22nd Jun 2008. Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique
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Mégalithe de la Pierre Frite
Trip No.11 Entry No.6 Date Added: 19th Feb 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Mégalithe de la Pierre Frite submitted by musasa on 27th Sep 2005. Mégalithe de la Pierre Frite from the front.
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Menhir dit la Pierre Folle
Trip No.11 Entry No.2 Date Added: 19th Feb 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir dit la Pierre Folle submitted by Dipo on 16th Jan 2009. La Pierre Folle (St Cyr)
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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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Menhir de la Tuterie
Trip No.12 Entry No.79 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhir de la Tuterie submitted by johnstone on 20th Mar 2018. Looking from the back to the road on July 9, 2013
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Les Pierres Blanches (Corsept)
Trip No.12 Entry No.80 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Les Pierres Blanches (Corsept) submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2009. At first I thought that there were three stones here, not much more than a metre in height or fallen.
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Menhir dit la Pierre Bonde
Trip No.12 Entry No.81 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Menhir dit la Pierre Bonde submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Jun 2005. About 3 meter tall menhir in Corsept private fields partially covered by yellow fungus. South of Nantes.
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La Haute Gedeliere Dolmen
Trip No.12 Entry No.82 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
La Haute Gedeliere Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. This neglected pile of stones and dirt probably used to be an Allee Couverte, but locals use it to burn vegetation and parts of it look like they were buldozed together. On private property / fields.
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Megerie Menhir
Trip No.12 Entry No.83 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Megerie Menhir submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. About 2.5 Meter tall limestone block in fields, surounded by bushes in La Franquinerie, south of Nantes.
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Cassis Menhir
Trip No.12 Entry No.84 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cassis Menhir submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Jun 2005. Large rectangular block in private fields, not accessible, about 50 Meters East of road.
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La Gauterie Dolmen
Trip No.12 Entry No.85 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
La Gauterie Dolmen submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. 1 Large 4 Meter by 2 Meter capstone supported by smallish stone with another medium size block nearby. It might also be fallen large menhir. Between Nantes and Saint-Père-En-Retz.
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La Roche Govi Menhir
Trip No.12 Entry No.86 Date Added: 21st Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
La Roche Govi Menhir submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. About 2.5 Meter tall irregular shaped block with quartz veins at 5 pointed croassroads next to Les Ouiseries fields, south of Nantes.
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Le Riverais 2
Trip No.12 Entry No.71 Date Added: 18th Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Le Riverais 2 submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. About 2.5 Meter tall. It is not certain this is an authentic menhir. It was recently raised at this exact position and seemed to look the part. Directly on street on Framer's lawn near original Riverais Menhir.
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Le Riverais 1
Trip No.12 Entry No.72 Date Added: 18th Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Le Riverais 1 submitted by AlexHunger on 3rd Jun 2005. 3 Meters tall irregular shaped menhir with holes, on farmer's field in center of Hamlet of Riverais 4.5 Km West from Saint-Pere-en-Retz. Other Menhir nearby.
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Menhir de La Souchais
Trip No.12 Entry No.73 Date Added: 18th Mar 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir de La Souchais submitted by Dipo on 30th May 2008. Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique France:
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