Menhir La Pierre au Diable
The menhir La Pierre au Diable (also called menhir of La Moussadière ) is located in the commune of Saint-Pierre-des-Nids , north of Gesvres near Alençon in the Mayenne department in France .
The four-meter high menhir of granite is between groups of stones, possibly a ruined couverte Allée and a dolmen include and is beside the menhir de la Hune of Bazougers in Laval (about 5.6 meters high and canceled) one of the highest in Mayenne.
A menhir of the same name is the approximately three-meter-high Roche au Diable menhir near Sougéal in the Ille-et-Vilaine department .
literature
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory in Brittany. Edition d'Art Chateaulin 1991, ISBN 2-85543-076-3 .
- 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 La Pierre au Diable - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Menhir dit La Pierre au Diable in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and picture (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '23.1 " N , 0 ° 8' 49.8" W.