Pierre de Couche
The menhir Pierre de Couche (also called menhir des Rochelet) is a menhir in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins in the Loire-Atlantique department in France . About 300 m away on avenue du 8-Mai-1945 are the often confused "Les Pierres Couchées", the stones of a broken menhir.
description
The menhir is an approximately 2.1 m high, 1.2 m wide triangular megalith . It is located on a small square between two houses, which can be reached by a 30.0 m long path.
tourism
The Route Bleue ( German "Blue Route" ) runs through Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Brevin-les-Pins , along which eleven important prehistoric megalithic monuments are located. Below this is the Dissignac tumulus (No. 1) near the city. Among the dolmens of the Croix de Sandun (3), the Kerbourg (4), the du Riholo (5), that of the Rossignols (6), the tumulus of Mousseaux west of Pornic (9), the la Joselière (10) and the du Pré d'Aire (11), the numbers 9-11 on the Pays de Rets are particularly well known. There are also three menhirs: the menhir from Bissin (No. 2), the approximately 2.0 m high Pierre de Couche (7) and the approximately 2.7 m high menhir de la Pierre Attelée (8), which has been considered historical since 1992 Monument is classified.
The Menhir Pierre de Couche has been classified as a Monument historique since 1977 .
Web links
- Entry no.PA00108793 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description Engl. and picture
Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '12.2 " N , 2 ° 8' 53" W.