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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhir de BalestaCountry: France Département: Midi:Haute-Garonne (31) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Saint-Gaudens Nearest Village: Roquefort-sur-Garonne
Latitude: 43.146779N Longitude: 0.990151E
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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Menhir in Haute-Garonne, Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Balesta, Roquefort-sur-Garonne, Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Source: T4T35
"Megalith discovery overthrown in 1962, the center of an outdoor sanctuary enclosure. Bounded by 120 meters long stone walls, reused by the Gallo-Romans.
This is a white limestone slab, spearhead shaped, about three to four meters long."
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