Menhir of Minhir

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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

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Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '36.4 "  N , 3 ° 18' 1.2"  W.