Menhir du Pont d'Aubière
The Menhir du Pont d'Aubière (also called Pierre Piqué) is located on the Allée du Groupe Nicolas Bourbaki northeast of the Aubière district in Clermont-Ferrand in the center of the Puy-de-Dôme department in France .
The triangular menhir is made of porphyry granite and is 2.32 m high. Its west side is vertical, even, but not smooth. The southeast side has a small depression 0.80 m from the ground. The northeast side is irregular with a concavity at the base. The point of the menhir is rounded when seen from the front and pointed when seen in profile.
In the Middle Ages , courts of justice were located near the menhir. According to Gaston Charvilhat (1869–1942), the young people from the village put their ears to the stone on the first day of spring to hear underground voices.
The menhir was registered as a Monument historique in 1971 .
See also
literature
- Sylvie Amblard: Inventaire des mégalithes de la France, 8-Puy-de-Dôme. CNRS, 1983 ISBN 2-222-03207-5 p. 23
- Ulrich Rosenbaum: Auvergne and Massif Central. Cologne 1981, 7th edition 1989. (DuMont art travel guide)
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
Web links
- Entry no.PA00091873 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 24.5 ″ N , 3 ° 7 ′ 47.8 ″ E