Pierre de l'Horloge
The menhir Pierre de l'Horloge (also called Pierre de Roche Poulain ) is a 3.4 m high menhir south of the D 771 in Saint-Saturnin-du-Limet on the border with Renazé in the Mayenne department in France .
The menhir stands on a hillside at the foot of the "Côte de Rochepoulain". The stone has been a listed building since 1953.
Nearby is the Dolmen de la Petifaie .
The Roman road from Angers to Rennes runs 150 m east of the Menhir.
literature
- Jean-Paul Demoule (Ed.): La révolution néolithique en France . Paris, Mame 2007
- 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 .
Web links
Commons : Pierre de l'Horloge - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Menhir dénommé La Pierre de l'Horloge in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description Dolmen and video (English)
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '0.4 " N , 1 ° 2' 52.4" W.