Menhir del Mas Roqué
The menhir del Mas Roqué (also called de Mas Roqué or Pedra dreta) is a menhir that dates back to 3000 BC. In the municipality of Rabós d'Empordà in the Comarca Alt Empordà in Catalonia in Spain . It is located next to the road that leads on the western slope of the Puig de les Guilles from the village of Rabós to the northeast to the Sant Quirze de Colera monastery.
description
The phallic menhir made of slate has a depression and a small round tip in the upper part. It is the result of an iron cross attached to the stone between the 16th and 18th centuries, which is now missing. It was set up with the intention of "Christianizing" the pagan monument .
The slate menhir is 3.6 meters high, 0.75 meters wide and weighs around 2660 kilograms.
It has been documented as "Pedra Fita" or "Pedra Dreta" since 1615.
- Manuel Cazurro i Ruiz (1865–1935) mentions it in 1912 and erroneously writes that it is made of granite .
- Isidre Macau i Teixidor (1862–1946) published a drawing in 1934 and called it "Pedra Dreta del Mas Roqué".
- Joan Amades (1890-1959) published the legend of the menhir in 1941. It says that the underground part is so large that it reaches the suburbs in order to get to the sea, which is a considerable distance away. For this reason, local residents believed that by putting your ear to the stone, you could hear the sound of the waves. It has also been said that the stone is often wet because of its contact with the sea.
literature
- Vicenç Armangué i Ribas: Guia del megalitisme de l'Alt Empordà. 1st edition. Figueres, 2015, ISBN 978-84-606-7677-5 .
- Pau Roig Ros, Xavier Niell Ciurana: Dolmens, coves i menhirs. Monuments megalítics del Baix Empordà, el Gironès i la Selva. 1st edition. Revista del Baix Empordà, 2017, OCLC 1050760199 .
Coordinates: 42 ° 24 '9.5 " N , 3 ° 2' 51.4" E