Menhir de Pierre Frite
The menhir de Pierre Frite (also called Pierre Frite d'Armaillé) made of purple slate from the nearby marble quarries , dates back to the Neolithic . It stands southeast of Pouancé , a forest on the road between La Prévière and Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux, on the border between Armaillé and Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux in the Maine-et-Loire department in France .
There are several menhirs Menhir de Pierre Frite (Basse-Goulaine) with this name in France .
The information about its height varies between 5.10 and 5.25 meters. As a visible trace of its Christianization, the menhir has a small niche carved into the rock to accommodate a statue of the Virgin Mary. A second, smaller menhir is 800 meters away.
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 .
- Detert Zylmann : The riddle of the menhirs . Probst, Mainz-Kostheim 2003, ISBN 3-936326-07-X .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 59.5 " N , 1 ° 9 ′ 36.3" W.