La Longue Rocque
The menhir La Longue Rocque ( German "the long rock" - also called Grande Pierre) stands near the Route des Paysans in L'Eclet near Castel and, at 3.5 m high, is the largest remaining standing stone on Guernsey , an island in England Channel Islands .
The stone weighs about five tons. On the northern edge there is an area that has been smoothed by "rubbing" over the millennia. This may be due to “ritual friction” or the use as a “scratching post” for the cattle, which has lasted for around 6500 years. Place names that surround the fields indicate further menhirs that have disappeared due to agriculture and Christianization.
See also
literature
- Heather Sebire: The Archeology and Early History of the Channel Islands . 2005; ISBN 0-7524-3449-7 .
- Mark Patton: Megalithic transport and territorial markers: evidence from the Channel Islands . In: Antiquity 66 (251), 1992.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '41.8 " N , 2 ° 38' 8.9" W.