Statue menhirs of Rieuviel
The two statue menhirs of Rieuviel are to the northeast and southwest of the hamlet Rieuviel, in Moulin-Mage near Lacaune in the Tarn department in France .
The female statue menhir southwest of the hamlet is only 1.2 meters high. The engravings can be clearly seen. Face, necklaces, breasts, arms, belt on the front and hair on the back. Her legs are broken off (position: 43 ° 43 ′ 6.6 ″ N , 2 ° 45 ′ 27 ″ E ).
- Statue menhirs of Rieuviel in Moulin-Mage
The male statue menhir is set in concrete in a small base and forms an entrance alley to the hamlet with a cross on the other side of the street. It is about 1.7 meters high and the engravings on the front are very clear. He has a full face, arms (with fingers), collar piece, belt with buckle, legs (with toes). The weapons he usually wears are not recognizable and the engraving on the back is unclear (location: 43 ° 43 ′ 14.1 ″ N , 2 ° 45 ′ 36 ″ E ).
Nearby are the statue menhirs Pech-de-Naudène , Pierre Plantée von Lacaune and Vacant-de-Rieuviel.
See also
literature
- Frédéric Hermet: La Statue-menhir de Frescaty, commune de Lacaune (Tarn).
- 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 .
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