Menhir La Dame Schone
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The menhir La Dame Schone ( German beautiful lady - also called La Pierre de Damechonne or Pierre de la Damechonne ) stands on the edge of the forest on the municipal boundary 6.3 km east of Saint-Mihiel near Bar-le-Duc in the Meuse department in France .
The 2.2 meter high Neolithic menhir bears the inscription: “With God for Fatherland 1914–1915”, which was engraved by German soldiers on the occasion of the conquest of Saint-Mihiel in World War I. Its average width is 1.5 m with an outgrowth of 0.4 m in the lower part of its east side. Its thickness is 0.77 m.
The menhir has been registered as a Monument historique since 1889 .
Nearby is the Woinville menhir .
Web links
- Menhir dit la Dame Schonne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
- Description and pictures (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '19.1 " N , 5 ° 37' 16.6" E