Menhir La Pierre Clouée
The menhir La Pierre Clouée ( German the nail stone , also known as Pierre Fritte, Pierre Fiche, Quille du Bon Dieu) is a menhir southwest of the hamlet of Villemaréchal, in Nanteau-sur-Lunain near Nemours in the Seine-et-Marne department in France , which has been a listed building since 1889.
The menhir consists of a 4.2 m high, 1.5 m wide and 1.2 m thick sandstone slab with a rectangular cross-section at the base and a tip.
The name "Pierre Clouée" is derived from the widespread tradition of driving nails into the crevices of menhirs for votive or prophylactic purposes. According to Armand Viré (1869–1951), farmers brought animals or sick people near the stone and circled it three or seven times while they spoke magic formulas. Then they drove a nail into the rock, which was broken off or bent over on the surface and hung with plants (verbena, euphorbia, etc.).
Legend
According to an older tradition, Saint-Georges met Satan in the valley of the Lunain and suggested that he play with the puck for all the souls he had won during the day. St. George threw the puck near the stone while the Devil's puck flew to Paley, where it is known as the Polissoir La Roche au Diable. The devil got stuck in the stone with his crooked fingers, which are recognizable as grooves .
See also
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne Vol. 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7
Web links
- The menhir La Pierre Clouée in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description Engl. and pictures
Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 32.8 " N , 2 ° 50 ′ 33.7" E