Menhir du Moulin à vent of Normandeau
The Menhir du Moulin à vent of Normandeau ( German "Menhir at the windmill of Normandeau" - also called Menhir de Normandeau ) is a menhir north of Normandeau , about 60 m southeast of the windmill and about 300 m from the Charbonneau hill in La Renaudière im extreme southwest of the Maine-et-Loire department in France .
description
It is made of granite , is about 5.95 m long and has been on the ground since at least 1847. At the broken tip there is a large bowl ( French cupule ). Nearby is a large fragment that appears to be the broken tip.
The menhir was classified as a Monument historique in 1983 .
Nearby are the menhir of La Bretaudière and the menhir Pierre Levée by Charbonneau, which is also under protection .
literature
- Michel Gruet: Mégalithes en Anjou , Cheminements, 2005 (1st edition 1967, updated by Charles-Tanguy Le Roux) ISBN 284478397X
Web links
- Menhir du moulin à vent de Normandeau in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 6 '8.8 " N , 1 ° 5' 4.9" W.