Pierre Droite (Écuelles)
The Pierre Droite (also called Menhir d'Écuelles or Pierre aux Couteaux ) is a menhir west of the Route d'Écuelles, north of Écuelles in the south of the Seine-et-Marne department in France .
The menhir consists of a 3.5 m high, 2.2 m wide and 0.80 m thick slab of Fontainebleau sandstone . It was moved from its original location on the Canal du Loing in 1944.
According to E. Chouquet, an excavation at the foot of the menhir was carried out in 1860 by a layman. Under a layer of large stones, he found a human skeleton covered with ashes. There was a stone near the skull, possibly a polished ax. Chouquet carried out a second dig in 1875 and collected three flint fragments and a fragment of deer antler.
The menhir was registered by E. Paty in 1848 and listed as a historical monument in 1889.
Legend
According to a legend, seven small knives fall out of the stone when you strike its point. According to another legend, the stone marks one of the locations of the legendary battle of Lato Fao between Brunichild and Fredegunde .
literature
- Alain Bénard: Les mégalithes de Seine-et-Marne (= Mémoires archéologiques de Seine-et-Marne , No. 2/2008), Conseil général de Seine-et-Marne, Nemours 2009, ISBN 978-2-913853-09- 6 , pp. 37-38.
Web links
- Description and pictures (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Menhir dit La pierre droite in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 28.6 " N , 2 ° 49 ′ 29.2" E