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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lacam de Peyrarines Alternative Name: Cromlech de PerrarinesCountry: France Département: Languedoc:Gard (30) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Le Vigan Nearest Village: Blandas
Latitude: 43.926100N Longitude: 3.530700E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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sevkn visited on 30th Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 There's a great view from the road.... but access has been barb-wired off.... with the site to your right, if you go along the road to the first gap in the wire past the enclosure, and follow the enclosure, you'll find a pile of stones that's been placed to create a stepping-over point. Access!
It's an impressive site!! Huge!!!!
bishop_pam visited on 30th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 19th Sep 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Take the road towards Blandas from Montdardier, and after a few kilometres there is a big junction of ways. About 600 metres down the road towards Blandas from the junction, and in the field to the right can be seen this tremendous cromlech.
This is a proper circle of stones, with 52 standing stones up to about 1.8 metres high making a circle of about 120 metres diameter. At the centre is a large menhir, well over two metres high. There are gaps in the circle, and several more stones which were possibly part of the circle are laying down. The stones which make up the circle are all different shapes and sizes, of this fragile and pockmarked limestone. There are tall thin ones, big rectangular stumps, short squat blocks, diamonds, triangles, slanted top stones and a few almonds.
Just sat at the centre of this circle looking at all the stones around me it feels wonderful. One of the stones has like a giant finger pointing upwards. One of them is full of holes (number 35 in my counting !). Most of them are very evenly spaced, but it is not all that way. This really is a special place. Most of the stones are of the local crumbly flaky pale limestone, but not all, as a few of the large stones are a dark brown gritty sort of rock.
johnstone visited on 20th Jun 2000 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
regina have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4.25
The circle is about 120 metres in diameter, with still about 50 stones up to 1.8 metres tall standing in position, and has a large central menhir, standing well over 2 metres high. The stones that remain are regularly spaced, at about 6 metres apart.
The stones which make up the circle are all different shapes and sizes. There are tall thin ones, big rectangular slabs and short squat blocks. There are diamonds, triangles. almonds and slanted top stones. One is like a giant finger pointing skywards, and another is full of holes. Most of the stones are of the local flaky limestone, but not all, as some of the larger stones are of a brown gritty sort of rock.
It is a truly wonderful place, and hardly known by anyone. I can only recommend anyone with an interest in stone circles visits. It deserves to be known throughout the world.
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