Menhir de la Roche Piquée (Saint-Germain-le-Vasson)
The Menhir de la Roche Piquée is located on a forest path near the Livet mine, about 150 m from the banks of the Laize , in a place called Peugray, about southwest of Saint-Germain-le-Vasson , south of Caen in the Calvados department in Normandy in France . The spotty menhir, often referred to as a megalith, is located between other stones that lie around it on the sandstone rock .
It has been classified Monument historique since 1952 .
According to legend, this stone closes the entrance to a vault in which a treasure is locked.
The menhir de la Roche Piquée is of the same name in the Ille-et-Vilaine department , where Les Roches Piquées are also located.
- Menhir de la Roche Piquée
literature
- Vincent Carpentier, Emmanuel Ghesquiére, Cyril Marcigny: Archéologie en Normandie . Edition Quest-France, Rennes 2007, ISBN 978-2-7373-4164-9 , ( Collection Histoire ).
Web links
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Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 48 ″ N , 0 ° 19 ′ 14 ″ W.