Menhir of Courtevrais

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Pierre of Coutevrais

The menhir Pierre de Courtevrais is with carts ridged sandstone block . It stands at the edge of the forest, hidden between trees, about south of Nogent-le-Bernard in the north of the Sarthe department in France .

The Courtevrais menhir is about 5.4 meters high and 4.0 meters wide, making it the highest in the Sarthe department.

The stone has been a listed building since 1983.

literature

  • Jean-Paul Henri Berthet: À la découverte des mégalithes en Sarthe , Le Mans, Berger, 1992, p. 62
  • Jean L'Helgouac'h: Informations archéologiques - Circonscription des Pays de la Loire , In: Gallia préhistoire, nos 28-2, 1985, p. 379

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Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 16.8 ″  N , 0 ° 28 ′ 50.7 ″  E