Pech-de-Naudène

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Statue menhir at Lacaune

The Statuenmenhir Pech-de-Naudène (also called Statuenmenhir Haute-Vergne ) stands in the front garden of one of the houses in the hamlet of Haute-Vergne east of Lacaune in the Tarn department in France . He is a statue menhir in the Saint Ponienne series.

The male statue menhir made of sandstone discovered while plowing is about 1.25 meters high and at the top with 0.93 m wider than at the base with 0.54 m and 0.13 m thick. The face (with eyes, nose and tattoos), arms, legs and belt are easily recognizable. The back also has some details.

Nearby are the statue menhirs Pierre Plantée of Lacaune , the statue menhirs of Rieuviel and Vacant-de-Rieuviel.

See also

literature

  • Frédéric Hermet: La Statue-menhir de Frescaty, commune de Lacaune (Tarn).
  • 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 .

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Coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′ 13.5 "  N , 2 ° 44 ′ 38.7"  E