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Menhir de la Courbe
Trip No.202 Entry No.60 Date Added: 28th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhir de la Courbe submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2005. Menhir de la Courbe, Menil-Jean, Orne.
To the east of Menil-Jean where the lane crosses the river Orne, there is a picnic site beside the river on the northeast side. The menhir is just a few metres from here, right beside the river and leaning substantially.
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Log Text: To the east of Menil-Jean where the lane crosses the river Orne there is a picnic site beside the river on the northeast side. The menhir is just a few metres from here right beside the river and leaning substantially. The stone is only about 2.5 metres high for its 3.5 metres length and about 2 metres wide at its base.
Menhir de la Cisternette
Trip No.205 Entry No.154 Date Added: 11th Nov 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir de la Cisternette submitted by archeomick on 15th Oct 2007. La Cisternette with Coulet menhir 1 in the background.
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Log Text: About 600 metres further down the road from the Levade menhir, and on the slopes to the right of the road, can be seen this menhir. At nearly 2.5 metres tall, it has been christianised by having a cross cut into its face. It’s a nice thin almond shaped stone, but has been concreted into the ground, so I cannot be sure that it is facing in its original orientation.
Menhir de la Chablère
Trip No.202 Entry No.32 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53))
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2005
Menhir de la Chablère submitted by TheCaptain on 9th May 2005. Les Bellobières menhir, Oisseau, Mayenne.
I couldnt be quite sure what there is here, although a menhir is marked on my ign map.
Perhaps I completely missed it, maybe there is a ruinous allée couverte here, or perhaps the menhir has had a field clearance cairn made around it.
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Log Text: Either I missed this menhir marked on my ign map or else there is a ruinous allée couverte here or perhaps the menhir is broken and had a field clearance cairn made around it.
Menhir de la Boutinardière
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2018
Menhir de la Boutinardière submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Oct 2018. From Michel Baconnais.
Ce menhir a été arraché de son emplacement en 1940 par les villageois de la Rogère, commune de la Bernerie. Il a été implanté au carrefour du Poteau, mais a été déplacé une seconde fois, pour l'ériger près du moulin Burlot, près de la propriété de la Jarrie. Il a été "christiannisé" en 1959 avec l'implantation d'une croix de granit à son sommet.
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Menhir de la Borie 1
Trip No.205 Entry No.225 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir de la Borie 1 submitted by theCAptain on 2nd May 2010. Near the side of the road is this small menhir, not much more than a metre in height.
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Log Text: Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for about 3 kilometres. There on the left of the road is this small menhir, not much more than a metre in height.
Menhir de la Boilière
Trip No.203 Entry No.264 Date Added: 23rd Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Vendée (85))
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de la Boilière submitted by thecaptain on 10th Dec 2005. La Boilière menhir.
It has at its foot another stone, which has several cupules and other markings cut into it.
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Log Text: This 4 metre tall menhir 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. It is a nicely shaped stone, and has at its foot another stone, which has several cupules and other markings cut into it. It is well signposted from the village of Avrillé, and is a pleasant evening stroll.
Menhir de la Bergerie des Etennevaux
Trip No.202 Entry No.29 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 26th Apr 2005
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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Log Text: Menhir about 2 metres tall northwest of the village of St Germain-des-Vaux on Cap de la Hague right at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsular. I couldn’t get right up to this menhir and could only see it from two fields distance and judged the height from the size of the cows in the field with it.
Menhir de l'Ormorice
Trip No.204 Entry No.273 Date Added: 11th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de l'Ormorice submitted by theCaptain on 16th Mar 2012. About 800 metres walk from the road, it is easy to see and reach this 3.5 metres tall along a farm track.
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Log Text: Whilst looking for the Bonneval dolmen to the left of the road, I saw this menhir the other side of the field on the right. About 800 metres walk from the road, it is easy to see and reach along a farm track. Its about 3.5 metres tall, and up to 2 metres wide at its base.
Near to the busy TGV express rail line, there's a 10, 12, 20 or 24 coach TGV train whizzing past about one every 2 minutes. This is how railways should be.
Menhir de Kervéniou
Trip No.203 Entry No.570 Date Added: 5th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 2
Menhir de Kervéniou submitted by thecaptain on 25th May 2007. This little menhir, which I estimate to be about 2.5 metres tall, can just be seen in a private garden round the back of a house.
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Log Text: This little menhir, which I estimate to be about 2.5 metres tall, can just be seen in a private garden round the back of a house. It is difficult to get to see, if indeed it is what I saw.
Menhir de Kerroc'h (Ploemeur)
Trip No.203 Entry No.447 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de Kerroc'h (Ploemeur) submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jan 2019. Kerroc’h menhir is a small menhir, only about 1.7 metres tall
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Log Text: Kerroc’h menhir is a small menhir, only about 1.7 metres tall, that initially looks impossible to get to through the gorse. However, there is a footpath to it from beside the houses, and it comes complete with a little sign.
Menhir de Kerriou
Trip No.214 Entry No.24 Date Added: 5th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de Kerriou submitted by theCaptain on 24th Jul 2014. Although in the middle of a field of artichokes, the farmer has ploughed out the crop to allow passage to it.
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Log Text: Marked on the ign map to the north east of Plouguiel, along the road to La Roche Jaune, is this menhir in the middle of a field, which I wondered whether this was the newly posted onto the portal menhir, despite it not fitting the description. So, after a pleasant lunch at Treguier, it’s time to have a look and find out. No, this stone is clearly not that recently posted as La Roche Jaune menhir, but something in its own right.
Although in the middle of a field of artichokes, the farmer has ploughed out the crop to allow passage to it. The stone is probably not much more than 5 feet in length, and leaning substantially. It has a hole cut through it near to the top, giving the impression of something a bit more modern, but I do not know. I have no reason to doubt the ign map that it is indeed a menhir.
Menhir de Kermarker
Trip No.203 Entry No.572 Date Added: 5th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Couldn't find on 25th Jun 2005
Menhir de Kermarker submitted by thecaptain on 25th May 2007. Somewhere in this dense woodland is the Kermarker menhir. I could not find it.
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Log Text: This menhir is suposedly right beside the road, but I could not find it. According to the map, it is just into the woodland, which is exceedingly densely covered in ferns, and inaccsessible.
Menhir de Kerloc'h
Trip No.214 Entry No.25 Date Added: 5th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir de Kerloc'h submitted by theCaptain on 8th Mar 2015. Menhir de Kerloc'h is about 6.5m tall, and has clearly been recomposed out of several broken parts.
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Log Text: Part of the La Roche Jaune menhir mystery solved, and so time to continue along the road towards La Roche Jaune in order to find and fully position the "unknown menhir".
A couple of kilometres further to the northeast, right at the roadside and fitting all descriptions, this menhir is easily found. It is about 6.5m tall, and has clearly been recomposed out of several broken parts, and has a strange look about it, as if it has an open mouth. I cannot find any reference to when it was re erected.
Menhir de Kerhouézel
Trip No.203 Entry No.509 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de Kerhouézel submitted by thecaptain on 24th Jul 2009. One of the Léon giants, the Kerhouézel menhir is a fantastic monster menhir, just inland from Porspoder. It must be nearly seven metres high and is fantastically smoothed and shaped.
Looking at these pictures now, several years after visiting, and they do not show the massive size, no do justice to this magnificent manhir. Truly a King of Léon.
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Log Text: The Kerhouézel menhir is another fantastic monster menhir, just inland from Porspoder and signposted. It must be eight metres high and is fantastically smoothed and shaped. I just love these massive stones. I've go to give it a hug ! It is possible that there is a carved symbolon the upper part of the southern face.
Menhir de Kergoarat
Trip No.203 Entry No.533 Date Added: 29th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Menhir de Kergoarat submitted by thecaptain on 1st Dec 2006. Splendidly shaped 7 metres tall menhir standing on its little headland beyond the Cam Louis beach.
As with most of the stones round here, it is a wonderfully weathered rock.
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Log Text: In contrast to its bulbous headed, thirsty neighbour, this fine chap looks to be wearing a pointy hat. He must be a good 7 metres tall and standing perfectly upright on this little headland beyond the beach. As with most of the stones round here, it is a wonderfully weathered rock, and from certain angles it has a face in it, looking out over the sea.
Menhir de Kerandrège
Trip No.203 Entry No.454 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de Kerandrège submitted by JohnGinny on 9th Aug 2007. Kerandrège menhir.
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Log Text: This menhir has lost its top, but is still about 3 metres high, 2 metres wide and has been nicely shaped, and is associated with the lovely allée couverte with which it stands just outside the entrance. It can be found in a field to the left of the D116 road to the south of Moelan-sur-Mer on the way to Brigneau.
Menhir de Gouville
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2010
Menhir de Gouville submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Jun 2010. Just over 2 metres tall, this nicely shaped granite stone stands in a little tended garden area beside the Coutances road at the junction with Rue du Moulin-a-Vent.
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Menhir de Goulvars
Trip No.203 Entry No.429 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 4
Menhir de Goulvars submitted by ermine on 8th Aug 2004. This 4m tall granite menhir stands near the Conguel campsite and the Quiberon aerodrome - it extends another 1m into the ground, according to the information board
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Log Text: This massive menhir is now sadly fenced in behind the SNCF holiday complex near to Pointe du Conguel out at the tip of the Quiberon peninsular. It can be found by taking the road beside the SNCF complex until it reaches the grassland behind them, and then taking the trackway to the left. The menhir is hidden behind some large trees and a hedge, and it took me two visits before I found it, my previous visit having taken the wrong track. It really is a lovely stone, well over 5 metres tall and 2 metres in width, and it has been shaped and smoothed. Finding this was a good start to a grotty looking day.
Menhir de Fraissinel
Trip No.205 Entry No.224 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2005
Menhir de Fraissinel submitted by regina on 20th Oct 2011. Site in Languedoc:Lozère (48) France
The menhir is about 2.50m high
N44.43841 E3.49464
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Log Text: I could find nowhere to park my campervan around here, so ended up turning round and going back, which was easier said than done! However, the menhir standing up on the top of its little hillock can be seen for miles around, and looks to be about 2.5 metres tall.
Menhir de Ferrussac 2
Trip No.205 Entry No.152 Date Added: 11th Nov 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Couldn't find on 18th Sep 2005
Menhir de Ferrussac 2 submitted by regina on 18th Oct 2011. Co-ordinates: N43.79089 E3.48443
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Log Text: Between 50 and 100 metres to the northeast of the Grand Dolmen du Ferrussac, is a fallen menhir more than 3 metres in length. However, this land is fenced off, and with some pretty mean looking horned cattle in there, so I wasn't going to look too hard.