Pierre aux Couteaux
The Pierre aux Couteaux (German: Messerstein ; also called Menhir de Diant) is a Neolithic menhir , east of Diant , in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in France . The menhir has been classified as a monument historique since 1889 .
description
The menhir lies on a plateau with grain cultivation. It is 5.5 meters high, but the lower part is in the earth. It cannot be proven whether the stone belonged to a burial site or served religious purposes.
For a long time the stone was regarded as a memorial to the Battle of Dormelles . In this battle the brothers Theuderich II and Theudebert II defeated their uncle Chlothar II in Neustria in 600 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 669.
Web links
Commons : Pierre aux Couteaux - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Pierre-aux-Couteaux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Pierre aux couteaux, Diant. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on January 12, 2019 (French).
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 3.8 ″ N , 3 ° 0 ′ 18.7 ″ E