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Menhir du Faix du Diable
Trip No.202 Entry No.38 Date Added: 28th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53))
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir du Faix du Diable submitted by TheCaptain on 8th May 2005. Faix du Diable, Mayenne.
A massive menhir right beside the road, and standing in the ditch.
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Log Text: A massive menhir right beside the road and standing in the ditch. It must be well over 4 metres tall 3 metres wide and over a metre thick and it looks to have been smoothed.
Menhir du Guilligui
Trip No.203 Entry No.513 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir du Guilligui submitted by theCaptain on 20th Jun 2012. About 60 metres to the east of the Guilliguy headland and dolmen, is a little menhir, about 1.5 metres in height.
The well known burial chamber can be seen on the headland beside the cross.
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Log Text: About 60 metres to the east of the Guilliguy headland and dolmen, is a little menhir, about 1.5 metres in height.
Menhir du Mené
Trip No.204 Entry No.49 Date Added: 11th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir du Mené submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2011. This tall thin menhir is built into a roadside bank, and is more than 4 metres tall from the top of that. If the ground level is at the road level, the menhir would be 7 metres tall.
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Log Text: This tall thin menhir is built into a roadside bank, and is more than 4 metres tall from the top of that. If the ground level is at the road level, the menhir would be 7 metres tall. It is difficult to get to see due to all the undergrowth, but when round the back, in amongst the brambles, it looks like it has a crook carved onto it.
Menhir du Moustoir
Trip No.203 Entry No.376 Date Added: 11th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir du Moustoir submitted by thecaptain on 10th Jun 2006. The Moustoir tumulus has a small menhir on the top at the eastern end, and a larger one at the bottom of the western end.
The menhir at the western end is 3.3 metres high, quite thin and a nice pointed triangular shape.
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Log Text: Just beside the western end of the massive Moustoir tumulus is a nice menhir, 3.3 metres high, quite thin and a nice pointed triangular shape.
Menhir du Perron (St-Marcan)
Trip No.209 Entry No.14 Date Added: 13th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition -1
Log Text: A 2 metre tall menhir similar to the Roche Longue of St Marcan, once stood in the fields of Perron, about 800 metres south of La Roche Longue. It somehow disappeared in the 1930's.
Menhir du Pic
Trip No.204 Entry No.171 Date Added: 20th Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Limousin:Haute-Vienne (87))
Visited: Couldn't find on 22nd Jul 2005
Menhir du Pic submitted by milka on 3rd May 2006. This menhir is broken and it has been restored in 1985. Its total height is 5.30m.
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Log Text: I could not find this.
Menhir du Poteau
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 du Poteau submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Oct 2018. From Michel Baconnais.
Ce menhir est celui que l'on trouvait avant 1940 au village de la Boutinardière.
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Menhir du tumulus du Moustoir
Date Added: 24th Apr 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2006
Menhir du tumulus du Moustoir submitted by thecaptain on 10th Jun 2006. The Moustoir tumulus has a small menhir on the top at the eastern end, about 2.1 metres high and quite slender, and of a sort of circular section.
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Menhir Fourchu
Trip No.204 Entry No.25 Date Added: 6th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir Fourchu submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Sep 2013. This is a nice menhir stood at the side of the road just to the east of Lezonnais. It is about 3.5 metres tall, 1.5 metres wide and only 0.3 metres thick, and has a nicely forked shape at the top, hence its name, and a sort of nose on one side.
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Log Text: This is a nice menhir stood at the side of the road just to the east of Lezonnais. It is about 3.5 metres tall, 1.5 metres wide and only 0.3 metres thick, and has a nicely forked shape at the top, hence its name, and a sort of nose on one side. Around this area are many stones stood up beside the road, in gardens etc, of which I assume are mostly modern and field clearance, otherwise I would have known about them, but perhaps they are the remains of something once much more significant.
menhir Garde Guerin
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 25th Oct 2009
menhir Garde Guerin submitted by thecaptain on 25th Oct 2009. Looking inland along the western side of the Pointe de la Garde Guérin, over where the menhir supposedly is.
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Menhir le Bâton de Samson
Trip No.205 Entry No.211 Date Added: 30th Nov 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir le Bâton de Samson submitted by ocdolmen on 3rd Aug 2009. Jouffre menhir (3.60 metres) called "Bâton de Samson" (Samson's stick)
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Log Text: From the village of Ambruze, take the D.133 towards St Felix-de-Pailleres. After a kilometre or two up the hill, there is a turning to the left to Le Jouffre and Lotissement de Menhir. A couple of hundred metres down here, taking first the lower, left, road, then to the right, there is a little wooded area with a pathway entering. The menhir is in here, and about 4 metres tall, of a squarish cross section. It has some nice weathering on one of its sides, all full of holes.
Menhir Ste Carissime
Trip No.205 Entry No.40 Date Added: 19th Oct 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Midi:Tarn (81))
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Menhir Ste Carissime submitted by thecaptain on 26th Jan 2006. Along the D.1 road between Le Verdier and Cahuzac-sur-Vère, and this menhir can be seen across the far side of the river, nicely positioned at a bend in the river below vine covered hillsides.
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Log Text: Along the D.1 road between Le Verdier and Cahuzac-sur-Vère, and this menhir can be seen across the far side of the river, which is beyond a ploughed field to the south. At this time in the evening, the menhir was glowing a golden colour in the rays of the setting sun. I struggled across the ploughed field to get a close look from across the river, and estimate it to be about 2 metres tall and 1 metre wide, nicely positioned at a bend in the river below vine covered hillsides. After returning to my van and driving off, about half a mile further east along the road I saw a sign to "menhir" which would have taken you along a footpath and across a bridge to approach the menhir. Oh well.
Menhirs d'Epoigny
Trip No.204 Entry No.204 Date Added: 27th Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bourgogne:Saône-et-Loire (71))
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Menhirs d'Epoigny submitted by thecaptain on 27th Oct 2006. Just outside the main field of stones, beside the road junction, is a sixth menhir, this one only about 2 metres tall and broken, and which does not align with any of the others. Another stone is nearby.
This is the first view you get of the stones as you approach.
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Log Text: Just to the south of the D.978 road, a few kilometres north west of Couches, is a sign to menhirs, which I of course followed. About a kilometre from the main road is a little road junction, and several menhirs can be seen in the fields. It's hard to make out exactly what the menhirs represent, and how accurate they are is open to question, as they have all been re-erected in concrete bases fairly recently.
Near the side of the lane is a row of three superbly sculpted menhirs, the southern one being 5.5 metres tall, with several carved lines and cupmarks. The central menhir is about 4.5 metres tall, but has lost its top, while the northern menhir is fallen and broken (in actual fact it looks to have been cut up) and would perhaps have been bigger than its neighbours. The three menhirs are evenly spaced about 7 metres apart, and are aligned NW to SE at about 125°. Forty or fifty metres away to the north, are another pair of menhirs, both about 4.5 metres in height, and again they are superbly shaped and dressed. These are spaced at about 10 metres from each other, and align NE to SW at 025°, and any intersection passes through the row of three but not at any stone. Of this pair of menhirs, the southern one has a few cupules carved into it, while the northern one is decorated with lines, cupules and at least one axe, and a few more serpent like lines. Just outside this field, beside the road junction, is a sixth menhir, this one only about 2 metres tall and broken, and which does not align with any of the others.
It is thought that there was once more menhirs here. This feels like a very powerful place, up on this hill. I feel all trembly here, and in awe of the stones, and find it hard to leave.
Menhirs de Coëby 1
Trip No.204 Entry No.22 Date Added: 6th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Menhirs de Coëby 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Sep 2013. In the thick Coëby forest can be found the remains of many dolmens and other megalithic structures, although most are very difficult to find.
At the junction of lanes in the forest, there are a couple of easily found menhirs. Both are about 3 metres high, and they are about 15 metres apart.
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Log Text: At the junction of lanes in the forest, there are a couple of menhirs. Both are about 3 metres high, and they are about 15 metres apart. Not marked on any map I have seen, they are however easy to find.
Menhirs de Hirguer
Trip No.203 Entry No.450 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 16th Jun 2005
Menhirs de Hirguer submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jan 2019. A few hundred metres to the south of the road to Clohars from Moelan can be seen this menhir which must be about 3 metres tall.
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Log Text: A few hundred metres to the south of the road to Clohars from Moelan, bit further to the east along the road from the above menhir, can be seen this menhir which must be about 3 metres tall.
Menhirs de la Fage A
Trip No.205 Entry No.226 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Couldn't find on 25th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 4
Menhirs de la Fage A submitted by ocdolmen on 29th Aug 2006. on 28th of August 2006 beside a menhir of group1 of la fage, Bondons menhirs group, Lozère, France.
originally, there was 20 menhirs composing sub-group 1 of Fage, group on the Bondons (150 menhirs); Not long ago, all the menhirs were lying on the ground. They are in the course of rélèvement and the majority are today upright. A part disappeared certainly re-used by the peasants from the surroundings (various constructions).
Their sizes are between 1 meter to 1.85 meter tall.
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Log Text: Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for just under 4 kilometres, and there is a signpost to menhirs down a footpath on the right. However, when I visited, this footpath takes you through a field of vicious looking cows, so I did not venture any further. Supposedly there are 15 small menhirs to be found in the woods, should you choose to go here.
Menhirs de la Fage B
Trip No.205 Entry No.228 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 4
Menhirs de la Fage B submitted by ocdolmen on 5th Aug 2006. La Fage group 2, Lozère, France.
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Log Text: In the area around the Pierre des Trois Communes, can be seen dozens of menhirs, which are collectively known as the La Fage menhirs B, or the Combettes menhirs. It was impossible to visit them all in the short time I was here, so I will add the few that I did go to visit at first hand.
Menhirs de Lunac Alignement
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Midi:Aveyron (12))
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2011
Menhirs de Lunac Alignement submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Feb 2011. Lunac alignement by Anthony Wier (Greywether).
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Menhirs dit de la Maisonnette 2
Trip No.205 Entry No.247 Date Added: 7th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 4
Menhirs dit de la Maisonnette 2 submitted by Aska on 20th Oct 2010. Site in Languedoc: Lozère (48) France
Triangle of menhirs on the hill close to D35 road.
44.41490N,3.63194E
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Log Text: As I was driving past in the rain, I could see another hiltop covered in standing stones, where a possible cromlech has been identified here.
Menhirs dits Les Croûtes
Trip No.202 Entry No.68 Date Added: 29th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhirs dits Les Croûtes submitted by thecaptain on 4th Nov 2005. Les Croûtes are a couple of large (3 metres plus) menhirs stood in a damp field near to the village of Echauffour in Orne.
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Log Text: A couple of kilometres south of the village of Echauffour can be found a signpost pointing to menhirs along a small track to the east of the road. There is a place to park on this track near the main road and after a couple of hundred metres walk down this track the two menhirs can be seen standing in a field.
Both stones are about 3 metres tall and are spaced about 30 metres apart from each other on an alignment of 055° running down the hill (235° uphill). There is supposed to be a third stone in this alignment and I think I saw it laying under deep undergrowth in the hedge at the top of the field on about an equal spacing although I could not be 100% sure.