Menhir Faix du Diable
The menhir Faix du Diable ( German Teufelswette ) is a menhir in La Bigottière in the Mayenne department in France .
Faix du Diable is also the name of a large stone on a hill 800 meters northeast of Spineux in Belgium .
The Menhir Faix du Diable is located on the D 104 road between Alexain and Andouillé , about 2.5 km southeast of La Bigottière. It's over 4 feet high, 3 feet wide and over a meter thick, and it looks like it's been smoothed.
The megalith has been classified as a Monument historique since 1925 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry no. PA00109469 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
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 .
Web links
Commons : Menhir du Faix-du-Diable - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 15.5 ″ N , 0 ° 46 ′ 25.7 ″ W.