Menhir du Cloître

Menhir du Cloître

The approximately 8.0 m high phallic menhir du Cloître (also called the menhir of St-Guinec ) is made of blue Brennilis granite and is located southeast of the hamlet of Le Cloître, northeast of the D 764 road, about 3.2 kilometers west of Huelgoat in the department Finistère in Brittany in France .

As with the menhir of Kerampeulven its flat side towards which is vertical cave Grotte du Diable ( French Trou au Diable ) directed.

Paul Chatellier tells of another large menhir that was destroyed by stonemasons. The field names confirm the presence of other menhirs ( Peulven Pella, Peulven Mari, Peulven Arm and Peulven Bihan ).

See also

• Menhirs of Brittany

literature

• Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Editions Gissert 2000, ISBN 2-87747-065-2 , p. 53.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peulvan is the Breton name for menhir

Web links

Commons : Menhir du Cloître  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Menhir du Cloître in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Description and pictures (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '24.8 "  N , 3 ° 47' 20"  W.