Menhir from Kermarquer

Menhir from Kermarquer

The menhir of Kermarquer (also called Menhir de Men-Bras-de-Kermaquer or Grand Menhir de Kermarquer ) stands in a forest about 270 m south of the hamlet of Kermarquer-la-Lande and 470 m west of the hamlet of Kerara, southwest of Moustoir-Ac , west of Colpo in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France .

It dates from the Neolithic and is the highest standing menhir in the Morbihan. The menhir is about 6.8 m high, its top is slightly sloping to one side. Engravings that are visible in sidelight depicting axes and báculos decorate three of its sides.

The menhir has been classified as a monument historique since 1924 .

Nearby is a 1.8 m high menhir with several bowls . About 300 m to the southwest is the 3.65 m high menhir of Kerara .

See also

• Menhirs of Brittany

literature

• Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .

Web links

Commons : Menhir de Kermarquer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Menhir dit Men-Bras-de-Kermar-Ker in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '29.2 "  N , 2 ° 51' 31.6"  W.