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[quote user="suein56"]This site is amazing for old postcards and photos of places, but allow plenty of time as it can become a tad addictive. Sue [/quote]   Thanks Sue, I'm going to have a tough time of it tracking down a reference to these ancient stones but I am convinced they were once on that hill - possibly disappeared many, many decades ago like similar megalithic remains in Normandy and Brittany but nevertheles ... Many thanks ;) Ric

Hi, This elevated region / hill looks out towards Mont St-Michel. It has become a war memorial and so has been quite extensively landscaped but i wondered if anybody had seen old / pre 1960's photographs (or earlier still) of the Huisnes hill site. I have a hunch there were once some standing stones or a prehistoric 'dolmen' on this hill and am looking for references to this, however slight. Many thanks! Ric  

Wow, that's fantastic thanks! :) I am researching the area in an 'armchair' fashion (at the moment). St Giles is the patron saint of deer especially the hind and there are deer links in this part of Normandy/Brittany. Also in Wales there are deer links with Illtyd / Elltyd http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Yu8FM2k_VM0J:people.bath.ac.uk/liskmj/living-spring/sourcearchive/ns6/ns6tgh1.htm+Illtyd+stag&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk so a further link to St Giles might be expected (good one!) Bests Ric

Hi, I have a copy of an old map from around the early 20th century which shows a village or hamlet called "St.Gilles" (near Mont St-Michel), exactly mid way between Ardevon and Brée on the road connecting these two places. But on modern maps St.Gilles does not show :-o Can anybody help please - what has happened to this village? Many thanks :) Ric