Menhir of Minhir
The Menhir of Minhir (also called Menhir de Crec'h Coulm or Menhir du Quinquis ) is an upright standing menhir about 6.75 meters tall in Pédernec , but closer to Bégard , in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in France classified as a monument historique since 1889 .
Its total length is about 10.65 m (just under 4.0 m in the ground). In the 19th century, a statue of St. Peter made it a Christianized megalithic monument . The statue was removed again, a metal rod is preserved.
The Kerguézennec menhir is about three kilometers away
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
Web links
Commons : Menhir of Minhir - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Menhir of Minhir in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '36.4 " N , 3 ° 18' 1.2" W.