Barbouly menhirs

Barbouly menhirs

The menhirs of Barbouly (also called Sainte-Christine Alignement) are the remains of a row of stones at the lake "L'Etang des Planches" in the hamlet of Barbouly, west of Sainte Christine , northwest of Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Dôme department in France .

The Barbouly menhirs are about ten meters from the lake. There are about 2.5 m long lying (couché) gray stone and about two meters away 1.25 m high standing stone; both are made of granite .

See also

• Dolmen and menhirs in the Puy-de-Dôme department

literature

• Sylvie Amblard: Inventaire des mégalithes de la France, 8-Puy-de-Dôme. CNRS, 1983 ISBN 2-222-03207-5 p. 70
• Ulrich Rosenbaum: Auvergne and Massif Central. Cologne 1981, 7th edition 1989. (DuMont art travel guide)
• 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

Commons : Menhirs of Barbouly  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description and pictures
• Entry no.PA00092345 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 46 ° 4 ′ 3.4 "  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 12.4"  E