Pierre du Coq et la Poule
The Pierre du Coq et la Poule ( German The Stone of the Rooster and the Hen ) are two menhirs made of sandstone east of Échemiré near Baugé-en-Anjou in the northeast of the Maine-et-Loire department in France .
The rooster is a 0.5 m thick prismatic slab over 2.0 m high, sloping slightly to the south. The stone has an oblique hole in the upper part, probably of natural origin. The hen is about 1.6 m tall and stands less than 2.0 m from the rooster.
To the south of the two menhirs, an approximately 6.0 × 3.0 m large slab of sandstone was discovered lying on the ground, which is recognized as a polissoir, with a dozen grooves .
According to tradition, the rooster turns when he hears a rooster crow.
The menhirs were listed as a historical monument in 1979.
Nearby is the Pierre du Crapeau dolmen.
Individual evidence
- ^ Michel Gruet, updated by Charles-Tanguy Le Roux: Mégalithes en Anjou . Cheminements, Le Coudray-Macouard 2005, ISBN 2-84478-397-X , p. 74 (French, first edition: 1967).
Web links
- Ensemble mégalithique dit La Pierre du Coq in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and picture (English)
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ 16.7 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 19.4 ″ W.