Menhir de Fohet

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Pierre Longue by Fohet

The Menhir de Fohet (also called Pierre Longue / Pierrelongue or Menhir d'Aydat) is located near the D 788 northwest of the village of Fohet near Aydat in the Puy-de-Dôme department in France .

It is 4.75 meters high, weighs around 15 tons and, along with the Pierre du Tombeau by Davayat, is one of the largest menhirs in Auvergne .

Historically, the stone was used at burials. The porters placed the coffin on the menhir and the priest of the parish of Saint-Julien-sur-Aydat recited the liturgical prayers before the deceased was brought to the church of Saint Julien.

Surroundings

Southwest of Clermont-Ferrand are / are between 20 and 30 menhirs and dolmens , including the dolmen de la Pineyre , de la Grotte , Saillant , Saint-Nectaire-le-Bas and the L'Usteau du Loup ( German  "House of the Wolf") ) in Saint-Gervazy.

See also

literature

  • Ulrich Rosenbaum: Auvergne and Massif Central. Cologne 1981, 7th edition 1989. (DuMont art travel guide)
  • 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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Séance du 27 June 1918. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France 15/6, 1918, 285. https://www.persee.fr/doc/bspf_0249-7638_1918_num_15_6_11915
  2. ↑ G. Charvilhat, L'Allée couverte de Cournols et le menhir de Fohet (Puy-de-Dôme). Revue d Auvergne 1912, quoted from Séance du 27 June 1918. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France 15/6, 1918, 285–286. https://www.persee.fr/doc/bspf_0249-7638_1918_num_15_6_11915

Web links

Commons : Menhir de Pierre Longue (Aydat)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 45 ° 38 ′ 50 "  N , 2 ° 59 ′ 19.9"  E