Menhir from Kermaillard
The menhir of Kermaillard (also called Scalehir or Gueguen Amonen ) stands north of Le Net (Sarzeau) near Arzon on the Rhuys peninsula in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France .
The very regularly shaped, about 5.2 m tall menhir lay face down on the floor and was put up again in 1985. On the side that was previously hidden, it shows a crescent moon or a bull's horn at the lower end and a square engraving, which is probably a stylized representation of a mother goddess ( French Déesse Mère ). On the other side there are 18 small round depressions, which are called bowls ( French cupules ) and were incorporated during the phase in which the menhir was on the ground. A number of wavy lines (probably snakes) have been scratched into the upper and lower parts.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : The Megaliths of Brittany. Ed. Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris 1991, ISBN 2877470652 .
Web links
- Menhir by Kermaillard , with further photographs
Remarks
- ↑ Ker or quer is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".
Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '7.75 " N , 2 ° 50' 58.74" W.