Little menhir

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Little menhir

The Little Menhir ( French Le Petit Menhir - German  the small menhir ) is a Neolithic menhir in the dune landscape of the "White Banks", near the village of La Pulente, near St Brelade , on the west coast of the Channel Island of Jersey .

The menhir made of colored granite has a total height of about 2.3 m; the visible part is 1.7 m. The stone discovered in the bog was straightened in 1921. During the excavation, the remains of a millstone , an anvil , a flint scraper and ceramic shards were found.

See also

literature

  • Heather Sebire: The Archeology and Early History of the Channel Islands . 2005; ISBN 0-7524-3449-7 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '51.1 "  N , 2 ° 13' 0.4"  W.