Menhir from Penglaouic
The menhir of Penglaouic or Penloïc stands in the estuary of the Rivière de Pont-l'Abbé between Loctudy and Pont-l'Abbé in the Finistère department in Brittany in France .
The menhir stands in the sea near the eponymous hamlet of Penglaouic, just a few meters from the beach. It is a granite block with a height of about 3.5 m and a width of 1.7 m at the base. It protrudes four meters from the silt. The menhir, which was built on solid ground in the Neolithic , is today (through eustasia ) about 0.75 m below mean sea level, its base is about 0.5 m lower. Originally, it indicated a spring and was located about two kilometers from the coast. Today it marks the border between the communes of Loctudy and Pont-l'Abbé.
The menhir has been under monument protection as Monument historique since 1974 .
Sea level rise
Some menhirs and allées couvertes, such as the allée couverte in the Estuaire de la Quillimadec , are flooded today at high tide . They are evidence of the rise in sea levels since the Neolithic , when the plants were not built so close to the sea . Better preserved examples are the Allée couverte by Kernic , the Cairn de Îlot-de-Roc'h-Avel and the Menhir by Léhan .
- Menhir from Penglaouic
at high tide
at low tide
Sea level rise over the past 24,000 years.
in the algae swamp
See also
literature
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory in Brittany. Edition d'Art Chateaulin 1991, ISBN 2-85543-076-3 .
- 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 .
Web links
- Menhir in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '12.6 " N , 4 ° 11' 34.8" W.