Menhir of Kerampeulven
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The approximately 6.0 m high phallic menhir of Kerampeulven stands west of the D14 road south of Berrien and north of the village of Huelgoat , in the Finistère department in Brittany in France .
The menhir of granite is one of the most beautiful in the Monts d'Arrée Communauté . As with the Menhir du Cloître , its flat side is directed towards the shaft cave Grotte du Diable near Huelgoat.
The menhir has been registered as a monument historique since 1995 .
Nearby is the Camp d'Artus .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Éditions Gisserot, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-87747-065-2 , p. 53
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ker or quer is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".
Web links
Commons : Menhir von Kerampeulven - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Menhir de Kerampeulven in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 49.3 " N , 3 ° 45 ′ 13.3" W.