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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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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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Menhir des Demoiselles (Colombiers-sur-Seulles)
Trip No.16 Entry No.6 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir des Demoiselles (Colombiers-sur-Seulles) submitted by thecaptain on 28th Apr 2005. Just over 2 metres in height, this menhir is set in its own little grassy area beside the road junction just uphill to the east of the village. It is a square pillar with several holes and indentations, and has been broken in the past at both top and bottom (probably during the war) and is now remounted on a concrete post. While I was here it was sunny between the clouds, there was a bike race going on past the stone, and an old warplane flying above, which all added to a nice French rural scen...
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Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus
Trip No.16 Entry No.7 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Jan 2006. Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus on a frosty midwinter sunrise.
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Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville
Trip No.16 Entry No.8 Date Added: 15th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3
Menhir de la Demoiselle de Bracqueville submitted by thecaptain on 11th Oct 2006. la Demoiselle de Bracqueville, near Caen in Calvados. Its about 1.4 metres tall, and leans towards the north.
The farmer has left very little room around it, and it has some very recent scrapes and damage done to it, no doubt from farm machinery.
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Pierre Tourneresse, Cairon
Trip No.16 Entry No.9 Date Added: 16th May 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pierre Tourneresse, Cairon submitted by thecaptain on 28th Apr 2005. Pierre Tourneresse, Cairon, near Caen. Seen here looking towards the main burial chamber in the centre of the mound along the entrance passageway. nothing much is left here after it was mostly destroyed during WW2, but it is at least being lovingly restored and having a noce (and signposted) little reservation area created around it.
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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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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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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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