Menhir of Menozac'h

Menhir of Menozac'h

The menhir of Menozac'h (also called Menhir de Saint Cava or Men Ozarc'h) stands east of the lighthouse of the Île Wrac'h , on Plage de Saint-Cava, in Plouguerneau in the Finistère department on the north coast of Brittany in France . The menhir covered with algae is about 1.7 m high and measures 80 × 50 cm at the base.

Sea level rise

Sea level rise over the past 24,000 years. Since the erection of the menhir, around 4000 BC BC, it only rose by about five meters

Some megaliths like the Allée couverte in the Estuaire de la Quillimadec , like the Menhir of Menozac'h, are completely flooded today at high tide . They are evidence of the rise in sea levels since the Neolithic Age , when the systems were not built so close to the sea but on solid ground. Other examples are the Allée couverte by Kernic , the Cairn de Îlot-de-Roc'h-Avel, the menhir by Léhan and the menhir by Penloïc.

See also

• Menhirs of Brittany

literature

• Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory in Brittany. Edition d'Art Chateaulin 1991, ISBN 2-85543-076-3 .
• Cyrille Billard, Marie-Yvane Daire, Chloé Martin: France: Submerged Prehistory on Atlantic and Mediterranean Coasts 2020
• Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ 57.2 ″  N , 4 ° 34 ′ 1 ″  W.