Statue Menhir of Cantoul
The Statuenmenhir von Cantoul (also called Cantoul 1 or Statuenmenhir von Combaynart) stands near the road in the north of the hamlet of Cantoul, south of Barre, near Lacaune in the Tarn department in France .
The statue menhir is about 2.0 m high for the statue menhirs of the Midi and is reminiscent of Corsican specimens. The menhir, which is only 40 cm wide and thin, is male. It is heavily weathered and only better preserved in the lower area (legs, belt), the rest is unclear.
About 130 statue menhirs of the Rouergue type (the largest group next to "Corse", "Garrigues" and "Provençal") exist in the Tarn and Aveyron departments.
Nearby are the smaller statue menhir La Rasse and the Center d'interprétation des Mégalithes in Murat-sur-Vèbre with twelve stone copies. A signposted Circuit des Statues Menhirs des Monts de Lacaune (40 km) leads to the Stauenmenhir von Cantoul and 15 other statue menhirs.
See also
literature
- Bruno Marc: Dolmens et Menhirs en Languedoc et Roussillon. 27 Circuits de Découverte Prehistorique. Les Presses du Languedoc, Montpellier 1999, ISBN 2-85998-190-X .
- 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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ There are male and female menhirs. The males are often depicted with a dagger and a strap over their shoulder. Female statues have a Y-shaped object below the neck. This certainly represents a necklace, comparable to the representations found in dolmens and caves.
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Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′ 3.8 ″ N , 2 ° 49 ′ 10.6 ″ E