Menhir from the Beisenerbierg

The menhir - in the center of the picture the Eenelter Kapell

The approximately three meter high anthropomorphic menhir from Beisenerbierg stands on a ridge in the municipality of Mersch in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg .

The stone is made from local sandstone with a high iron content , which is about two kilometers away. It is roughly anthropomorphic through the suggestion of a waist, two shoulders and a head. A pit discovered during the 2001 excavation allows its age to be identified as Neolithic .

literature

• Matthias Paulke: Archaeological tour through Luxembourg . Luxembourg 2019, pp. 94–95.

Web links

• Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art: Brief description of the menhir (French)
• Description and pictures

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 33 "  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 34"  E