Menhir de la Boilière
The menhir de la Boilière (also Boitiére) is a menhir in Avrillé in the Vendée department in France . It was placed under monument protection in 1889.
Marcel Baudouin (1860–1941) reported on the menhir as early as the beginning of the 20th century. It fell into a pond in the winter of 1962–1963 and was covered with earth and rediscovered in 1986 by Gerard Bénéteau (born 1946). The menhir is made of local granite and is 4.7 m high and weighs 25 t. The excavation made it possible to find its original foundation and some flint at the foot , including an arrowhead .
The menhir was erected again in the 1980s with the help of cranes after it could not be raised manually.
A 1.8 m long granite block lies on the ground nearby. It has three bowls and grooves, but the latter are modern traces of a ploughshare.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry no. PA00110026 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
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Coordinates: 46 ° 28 ′ 0.1 ″ N , 1 ° 28 ′ 56.9 ″ W.