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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.
Dolmen de Saint-Pierre 1
Trip No.205 Entry No.212 Date Added: 30th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Couldn't find on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 3
Dolmen de Saint-Pierre 1 submitted by ocdolmen on 29th Aug 2006. Dolmen de Saint-Pierre 1
This small megalithic monument is located on the footpath and has suffered a lot.
Length about 1.80 meter.
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Log Text: From the Col de St Pierre, several kilometres to the north of St Jean du Gard along the Corniche des Cevennes, take the PR11 footpath towards the summit of Roc St Pierre, and the orientation table. Along this path should be findable two dolmens. However, I walked all the way up the hill to the viewpoint, but found no dolmens. There are however, tremendous 360° views from the top though, and it is well worth the effort.
Saint-Pierre dolmen 2
Trip No.205 Entry No.213 Date Added: 30th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Couldn't find on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 3
Dolmen de Saint-Pierre 2 submitted by ocdolmen on 29th Aug 2006. Dolmen de Saint-Pierre 2
This dolmen is located at forty meters from the dolmen1. It is preserved better.
Built like dolmen 1 with schist flagstones taken on the spot, it is approximately 2 meters long.
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Log Text: From the Col de St Pierre, several kilometres to the north of St Jean du Gard along the Corniche des Cevennes, take the PR11 footpath towards the summit of Roc St Pierre, and the orientation table. Along this path should be findable two dolmens. However, I walked all the way up the hill to the viewpoint, but found no dolmens. There are however, tremendous 360° views from the top though, and it is well worth the effort.
Rougeiresque menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.214 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 4 Access 4
Rougeiresque menhir submitted by heather-connie on 21st Apr 2007. Category A
Lizard Stone - A cup-marked stone set high on the ridge between the Vallée Française and the Vallée Borgne. A beautiful piece of quartz-layered schist. It is near the village of Saint André de Valborgne. I call it the Lizard Stone as on my first visit a hugh emerald green lizard was sheltering at its base.
Location Lat. 44.166 Lon. 3.703
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Log Text: Travelling along the Corniche-des-Cévennes, stop at the point where the road from Gabriac joins from the north east. Just about opposite to this junction can be found a track up the other side of the road, signposted to the Schistes Cévenolles quarries. Walk up this track for about 500 metres, and just after the track splits at the top of the ridge, this nice menhir can be seen 50 metres in front of you, re-erected in a little stone and cement base.
The menhir is about 3.5 metres tall, made of a nice piece of schist with a quartz vein through the middle. On the south facing side there are many cupules (I counted 15), while on the back face I counted 6. Some of these are quite large, and they mostly form a row up the right hand side of the stone as you look at it for both faces.
Bout-de-la-Côte Menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.215 Date Added: 30th Nov 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bout-de-la-Côte menhir submitted by ocdolmen on 29th Aug 2006. Bout de la Côte menhir above Le Pompidou village, 3 metres high.
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Log Text: As the Corniche-des-Cévennes passes over the high point to the north of Pompidou, about 1040m high, there is stood to the side of the road this menhir. It stands about 2.3 metres tall and has in its time served as a gatepost, fencepost and snow marker beside the road. But it is still standing proud, with tremendous views all around, particularly towards the southeast.
Menhir du Col de Solperiére
Trip No.205 Entry No.219 Date Added: 1st Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhir du Col de Solperiére submitted by ocdolmen on 24th May 2009. Site in Languedoc: Lozère (48) France: Col de Solperière menhir (re-used and re-shaped monolith)
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Log Text: At the north western end of the section of the Corniche-des-Cévennes along the high Causse near Le Hospitalet, where the road from Vebron joins at the Col de Solperière, can be found this menhir in the junction of the roads.
It stands about 2.3 metres high like its neighbour of a few kilometres distance, and has also been used as a road marker in the past, with some probable reshaping in the relatively recent past. Between these two stones, along the roadside, are several other similar looking standing stones. Closer inspection however shows that they are much more recent, with quarrying marks etc, and are purely more modern road markers.
Menhirs du Col des Faïsses
Trip No.205 Entry No.220 Date Added: 1st Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhirs du Col des Faïsses submitted by johnstone on 29th May 2018. The big one measures about 2m, in front of the information panels, June 23, 2008
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Log Text: At the north western end of the section of the Corniche-des-Cévennes along the high Causse near Le Hospitalet, can be seen several other similar looking standing stones.
Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet D
Trip No.205 Entry No.216 Date Added: 1st Dec 2020
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 5
Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet D submitted by regina on 24th Dec 2020. Site in Languedoc:Lozère (48) France
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Log Text: Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou.
Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet C
Trip No.205 Entry No.217 Date Added: 1st Dec 2020
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 5
Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet C submitted by regina on 24th Dec 2020. Site in Languedoc:Lozère (48) France
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Log Text: Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou.
Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet A
Trip No.205 Entry No.218 Date Added: 1st Dec 2020
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2005. My rating: Access 5
Montjoie de la Can de l'Hospitalet A submitted by regina on 22nd Dec 2020. Site in Languedoc:Lozère (48) France
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Log Text: Seen while driving north along the Corniche-des-Cévennes road passing over the high ground to the north of Le Pompidou.
Pierre des Trois Communes
Trip No.205 Entry No.227 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 4
Pierre des Trois Communes submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. The Pierre des Trois Communes stands two and a half metres tall.
Once more than 5 metres in height, the top has been broken off.
The stone bears the scars of the stone breakers who tried to cut it into pieces.
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Log Text: Take the D.35 road east from the Col de Montmirat for about 4 kilometres, and there is a parking area and signs to menhirs. Walk up the track a few hundred metres and you get to the Pierre des Trois Communes. It stands two and a half metres tall, and has views all around. In the past it has been attempted to cut up the stone by quarrymen, and still has the scars. It is a shame, but the area of ground around it is very badly worn with vehicle marks everywhere.
As I was passing this stone again on the way back from les Trois Pierres de Chabusse, in a rush to beat the thunderstorm back to the campervan, there was an amazing moment. I turned and patted the stone, and at the exact moment I touched it, there was a massive flash of lightning behind the stone. This was very spooky at the time.
Menhir de la Fage B03
Trip No.205 Entry No.231 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 4
Menhir de la Fage B03 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.5 metre tall menhir.
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Log Text: A 1.5 metre tall menhir.
Menhir de la Fage B04
Trip No.205 Entry No.232 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 4
Menhir de la Fage B04 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.5 metre tall menhir.
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Log Text: A 1.5 metre tall menhir.
Menhir de la Fage B05
Trip No.205 Entry No.233 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 4
Menhir de la Fage B05 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.4 metre tall menhir.
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Log Text: A 1.4 metre tall menhir.
Menhir de la Fage B06
Trip No.205 Entry No.234 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 4
Menhir de la Fage B06 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.4 metre tall menhir.
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Log Text: A 1.4 metre tall menhir.
Menhir de la Fage B07
Trip No.205 Entry No.235 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 4
Menhir de la Fage B07 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.6 metre tall menhir.
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Log Text: A 1.6 metre tall menhir.
La Fage tumulus 1
Trip No.205 Entry No.238 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
La Fage tumulus 1 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. Amongst the La Fage B menhirs, is the remains of a tumulus and dolmen. What there is to see is not much more than a low round mound with a few slabs of stones sticking out of the top.
There are others in the vicinity.
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Log Text: Amongst the La Fage B menhirs, is the remains of a tumulus and dolmen. What there is to see is not much more than a low round mound with a few slabs of stones sticking out of the top. There are probably others in the vicinity.
Menhir de la Fage B08
Trip No.205 Entry No.236 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Menhir de la Fage B08 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.7 metre tall menhir, on the high hilltop further to the east than most.
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Log Text: A 1.7 metre tall menhir, on the high hilltop further to the east than most.
Menhir de la Fage B09
Trip No.205 Entry No.237 Date Added: 6th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Lozère (48))
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Menhir de la Fage B09 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 2.0 metre tall menhir, probably broken, with a pointed top. It is positioned at the top of the comb.
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Log Text: A 2.0 metre tall menhir, with a pointed top, positioned at the top of the comb.
Menhir de la Fage B01
Trip No.205 Entry No.229 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 4
Menhir de la Fage B01 submitted by theCaptain on 26th Apr 2010. One of the La Fage B menhirs, this is a 1.3 metre tall menhir, with the top broken off and laying nearby.
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Log Text: A 1.3 metre tall menhir, with the top broken off and laying nearby.