Menhirs of Longrais
The menhirs of Longrais (also menhirs of Langrais or menhirs la Brêche au Diable called) are on the plateau east of Mont-Joly (with the "Brèche au Diable" - German "Teufelsbresche" ) southeast of Soumont-St-Quentin at Falaise in Calvados department in Normandy in France .
In 1957, when three menhirs were discovered near the D 261a road that connects Ouilly-le-Tesson with Tassilly, they were almost completely buried. In 1962 two of them were kept, the third smaller one, whose authenticity had not been proven, was left where it was. Despite being classified as a monument historique in 1978, a farmer moved it more than 400 m from its original location. The two megaliths are now at the eastern end of Mount Joly's ledge. They are made of sandstone with vertical columns. The larger one is white and about 2.6 m high. The second is pink and measures about 1.6 m.
The archaeologist Bernard Edeine (1908–1999) found traces of the oldest farming culture in Lower Normandy on the plateau. In front of one of the menhirs, a 1.65 meter deep pit was found containing fragments of charcoal and broken glass. The Abri Sous Roche and several stones with grooves ( polissoirs of Poussendre ) are located on Mont Joly . A large amount of flint debris covering the plain is evidence of the early human presence. The flint mines of Bretteville-le-Rabet are about 8.0 kilometers to the north .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 5.9 ″ N , 0 ° 12 ′ 34.9 ″ W.