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La Roche Piquée (St-Germain-le-Vasson)
Trip No.16 Entry No.11 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
La Roche Piquée (St-Germain-le-Vasson) submitted by Rida on 19th Jan 2011. Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France
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Pierre du Pôt
Trip No.16 Entry No.12 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Pierre du Pôt submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Jan 2014. The Pierre du Pôt menhir has been re-erected in the Arboretum at Ussy. It is a nicely shaped stone, and is about 2.5 metres tall.
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La Hogue
Trip No.16 Entry No.10 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2009. My rating: Ambience 1 Access 4
La Hogue submitted by TheCaptain on 6th May 2005. La Hogue Tumulus, Fontenay-le Marmion, Calvados
The excavated remains of this large round barrow with 12 internal burial chambers is fenced off within a field of rapeseed. What was once a guardian with a key to the site in the nearby house was today a lady who told me that “Il est fermée monsieur”.
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Langrais menhirs
Trip No.16 Entry No.13 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Langrais menhirs submitted by Rida on 27th Feb 2011. Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France
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La Pierre Cornue
Trip No.16 Entry No.14 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
La Pierre Cornue submitted by TheCaptain on 6th May 2005. La Pierre Cornue, a more than 4 metres tall menhir.
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Pierrelaye menhir
Trip No.16 Entry No.15 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 1 Access 1
Pierrelaye menhir submitted by Rida on 6th Feb 2011. Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France
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Pierre Dialan
Trip No.16 Entry No.16 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Pierre Dialan submitted by Rida on 6th Feb 2011. Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France
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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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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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