Pierre du Tombeau
The menhir Pierre du Tombeau (also called menhir of Davayat or menhir of Montotoute ) stands in a front garden on Rue de l'Eglise (D 17) in the center of the village of Davayat near Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Dôme department in France .
It is 4.8 meters high and is one of the largest menhirs in Auvergne , followed by the menhir Pierre Longue (Menhir de Fohet) near Aydat (4.75 m - 15 tons) and the Pierre Plantée from Champeix. The menhir survived between the houses, in contrast to another large menhir nearby, which fell victim to agricultural progress.
To the southwest of Clermont-Ferrand lie / stand between 20 and 30 menhirs and dolmens , including the dolmen de la Pineyre , de la Grotte , Saillant and the L'Usteau du Loup (House of the Wolf) in Saint-Gervazy.
See also
literature
- Ulrich Rosenbaum: Auvergne and Massif Central. Cologne 1981, 7th edition 1989. (DuMont art travel guide)
- 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
- Menhir in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and picture
- Description (French) and picture
Coordinates: 45 ° 56 ′ 47.7 " N , 3 ° 6 ′ 33.1" E