Menhirs of Maupertus-sur-Mer
The three menhirs of Maupertus-sur-Mer are to the west of Maupertus-sur-Mer and Cherbourg-Maupertus airport and in the village near Cherbourg in the Manche department in Normandy in France .
The “Grande and Petite Pierre” of Maupertus-sur-Mer are on the D611 road west of the airport. Originally, the two menhirs were part of a tumulus that was removed during the Second World War to make way for the airfield. In 1997 the stones near the road were put up again.
La Grande Pierre ( 49 ° 39 ′ 18 ″ N , 1 ° 29 ′ 20.3 ″ W ) is about 4.0 meters high and about 2.0 meters wide at the base. It tapers towards the tip. La Petite Pierre ( 49 ° 39 ′ 18.2 ″ N , 1 ° 29 ′ 20.2 ″ W ) is rectangular and is 2.5 to 3 meters high with what looks like its tip has broken off.
La Grande Pierre has been protected as a Monument historique since 1889 .
In Maupertus-sur-Mer on the street “Hameau de Haut” there is a slender, heavily weathered granite menhir over 2.5 m high , which is used as a kind of goal post, but is not registered ( 49 ° 39 ′ 25.2 ″ N , 1 ° 28 ′ 56.4 ″ W ).
literature
- Aimé Rutot: Le Menhir de Maupertus (Manche). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France. Vol. 4, No. 10, 1907, p. 505, doi : 10.3406 / ex . 1907.7842 .
Web links
- Menhir in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
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