Menhir from Kerhouézel
The approximately 6.6 m high menhir from Kerhouézel (also called menhir from Kerdelvas or from Kerreneur ) stands east of Porspoder in the Pays de Léon ( Bro-Leon in Breton ) in the Finistère department in Brittany in France .
The 1.7 m wide phallic menhir is one of the Léon giants ( menhir of Kerloas , menhirs of Kergadiou , Men-Marz ), which is smooth and well shaped.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
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 of Kerhouézel - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Menhir de Kérouézel in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 36.6 " N , 4 ° 44 ′ 56" W.