Grande Pierre de Jouy
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The Grande Pierre de Jouy is a menhir in the Bois de la Vallée in the north of Jouy-le-Moutier , near Vauréal in the Val-d'Oise department in France .
The menhir was discovered in 1874 by Amédée de Caix de Saint-Aymour (1843–1921). At the time he was very inclined, today he is completely on the ground. It is a 3.0 m long slab of soft sandstone with a width between 2.55 m at the base and 0.9 m at the top and a thickness between 0.5 m and 0.2 m. Although the menhir is located on a 20 m high hill on the right bank of the Oise , it was not visible from the valley.
The menhir has been listed as a monument historique since 1976 .
Nearby are the Allée couverte du Cimetière aux Anglais and the Allée couverte von Dampont ,
literature
- John Peek: Inventaire des mégalithes de France , Vol. 4: Région parisienne , CNRS, Paris 1975, ISBN 2-222-01772-6 , pp. 260-261.
- Véronique Daver, Hautem Bali: Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise: Vauréal. Collection Le Patrimoine des Communes de France, Paris, Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, October 1999, pp. 372-374, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 .
Web links
- Menhir in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and picture (English)
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '17.5 " N , 2 ° 2' 6.1" E