La Roche Longue (Quintin)
The menhir La Roche Longue (also called Menhir du Cadrix) stands in the fields south of Quintin near Saint-Brieuc in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in France .
The 1862 as Monument historique classified, elegant Menhir of granite is about 7.0 meters high, 2.1 meters wide and 1.2 meters thick. A quartz vein runs through the stone . In 1836 Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870) visited the site.
The Kerbrun stele is nearby.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard , Loïc Langouët, Yvan Onnée: Les mégalithes du département d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Institut culturel de Bretagne et Center régional d'archéologie d'Alet, coll. Patrimoine archéologique de Bretagne 2004 ( ISBN 2-86822-092-4 ), pp. 56–61
Web links
Commons : Menhir de la Roche-Longue à Quintin - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 48 ° 23'53.5 " N , 2 ° 54'27.3" W.