Les Menhirs des Platennes
Les Menhirs des Platennes (also called Dolmen les Trois-Pierres-de-la-Crotrie ) are a row of stones consisting of three overturned menhirs , southeast of Saint-Père-en-Retz near Pornic in the Loire-Atlantique department in France .
The three intact menhirs made of sandstone measure between 4.4 and 5.3 meters. Remnants of one or two broken menhirs lie to the west. The stones have been registered as a historical monument since 1989 under the name Pierre Platennes .
The 4.2 m high Pierre de la Croterie is a menhir that originated here and is now in the hamlet of Croterie about 4.0 kilometers northwest of Chauvé . The 3.7 m high menhir de la Pierre Lematz is also north-west of Chauvé.
literature
- 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 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '53.2 " N , 2 ° 1' 17.6" W.