Menhir by Pierre Blanche
The menhir of Pierre Blanche stands in a field near the hamlet of Pierre Blanche, about three kilometers west of Oudon in the far east of the Loire-Atlantique department in France . A menhir of the same name, similarly high, is located in Pocé-les-Bois in the Ille-et-Vilaine department . The Dolmen de la Pierre Blanche is located near Bessé in the Charente department .
It is a stone made of white quartz about 4.3 meters high and about 3.0 meters wide at its widest point. Several flint - Axes were found near him.
According to legend, the stone rotates once every year at midnight, but only the elves know the date.
The menhir has been classified as a monument historique since 1970 .
literature
- Jean-Luc Flohic, Daniel Urvois: Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique , Vol. 2, Flohic éditions, Charenton-le-Pont1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 21 ′ 5 " N , 1 ° 19 ′ 4.1" W.