Pierre-aux-Fées (Saint-Micaud)
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The menhir Pierre-aux-Fées is in Saint-Micaud near Le Creusot in the Saône-et-Loire department in France . The menhir, which was declared a monument historique in 1923 , is around 6.35 m high, making it the largest standing menhir in the Saône-et-Loire department. It weighs about 15 tons.
The menhir is decorated with several serpentine lines, shields and a cross, which are common in the Atlantic megalithic space, but it also has a specific anthropomorphic mark from southern France .
It collapsed in January 1871 and was buried three years later. In 1911, on the initiative of Victor Berthier, correspondent for the Megalithic Monument Commission for the Saône-et-Loire department since 1894, it was recovered and placed about 37 m west of the original location on the roadside.
literature
- Louis Lagrost: Le menhir de Saint-Micaud à la lumière des projecteurs , two-part article in: Images de Saône-et-Loire , No. 66 (summer 1986) and No. 67 (autumn 1986).
Web links
- Menhir dit La Pierre-aux-Fées in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 35.4 " N , 4 ° 32 ′ 48" E