Corcelles standing stones

The menhirs of Corcelles-près-Concise in the canton of Vaud

The Corcelles menhirs are at Corcelles-près-Concise in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland , on a dirt road a few 100 m northwest of the village. The menhir group dates from the Neolithic period and is popularly known as “Pierres Longues” or “Les Pyramides”.

There are four boulders from granite , three of which are originals, while the fourth was set up according to the label of 1840 de S. Meuron as a substitute for a remote in the 18th century stone. The stones arranged in a parallelogram are between 2 and 2.5 meters high. The southeastern menhir has bowls between 3 and 9 cm in diameter.

During the excavation carried out in 1994, two more menhirs were discovered in a trench filled with pebbles. The found material, consisting mainly of ceramic fragments, allows the complex to be traced back to the 2nd half of the 5th millennium BC. To date. It is believed that the megalithic complex served as a place for social and religious activities.

See also

• Menhir from Bonvillars
• Menhirs of the Béroche

literature

• P. Crotti, P. Momat & C. Wolf: Les menhirs de Corcelles-près-Concise . In: Archäologie der Schweiz 18, 1995, 2, ISSN  0255-9005 , pp. 53–54.

Web links

• Menhirs des Pierres Plates et de la Vernette on Patrimoine Vaudois
• Menhirs of Corcelles ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
• Description French and pictures

Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '0.5 "  N , 6 ° 42' 7.6"  E ; CH1903:  543 827  /  189043