La Longue Pierre
The menhir La Longue Pierre (also La Pierre du Plat Douet ) stands north of Saint-Pierre-Église in the north of the Cotentin peninsula in the Manche department in Normandy in France .
The 4.40 m high menhir stands on the edge of a meadow. It is probably the largest menhir that still stands in the Manche today. It has a rectangular cross-section with an angled tip.
The Longue Pierre forms a triangle with the menhirs La Haute Pierre (about 1.2 km away in Saint-Pierre-Église) and Pierre Plantée (about 1.8 km away in Cosqueville ) that, according to a legend, "Mariage des trois princesses" (Wedding of the three princesses) is called. In the center of the triangle, in the now silted Étang du Pélot, a treasure from the princesses' dowries is said to be buried.
literature
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory in Brittany. Menhirs and dolmens. Editions d'Art Jos le Doaré, Chateaulin 1991, ISBN 2-85543-076-3 .
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
Web links
- Description and picture (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Léon Coutil : Inventaire des monuments mégalithiques du département de la Manche. (= Compte rendu de la 35e session de l'Association française pour l'avancement des sciences ), Vol. II, Lyon 1906. ( online)
Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 35.2 " N , 1 ° 24 ′ 19.5" W.