Dent de Gargantua (Bourg-des-Comptes)
The menhir Dent de Gargantua ( German tooth of Gargantua , also called Pierre du Grand Tua) is a menhir on the La Prégaudais farm in the hamlet of Clermont, north of Bourg-des-Comptes , south-southwest of Rennes in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany in France .
The menhir, which is almost 3.4 meters high, is 1.6 meters wide and 1.3 meters thick. It's near the road, but it's covered with ivy.
Gargantua is the name of a mythical giant that François Rabelais (1483–1553) made famous in his cycle of novels Gargantua and Pantagruel in the 16th century. Many menhirs and some dolmens bear his name.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '26.8 " N , 1 ° 44' 16.8" W.