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Statue menhir

Standing stone carved into a human shape

Summary

Standing stone carved into a human shape

A statue menhir is a type of carved standing stone created during the later European Neolithic Period.

The statues consist of a vertical slab or pillar with a stylised design of a human figure cut into it, sometimes with hints of clothing or weapons visible.

Locations

They are most commonly found in Southern France and western France, Catalonia, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy and the Alps. A group from the Iron Age also is known in Liguria and Lunigiana.

There are two in Guernsey, La Gran' Mère du Chimquière ('the Grandmother of the Cemetery'), a highly detailed example in the churchyard of Parish of Saint Martin, and another known simply as La Gran' Mère in the Parish of Castel. The latter is an earlier, less detailed example found buried underneath the porch of the parish church.

Image:La Dame de Saint-Sernin.jpg|Statue-menhir la Dame de Saint-Sernin, musée Fenaille de Rodez Image:Murat Statue menhir paillemalbiau.JPG|Statue menhir of Paillemalbiau (Murat-sur-Vèbre) Image:Statuamenhirlaconi.jpg|Statue menhir of Laconi, Sardinia

References

References

  1. [http://www.canovelles.cat/fitxer/12350/10menhir.pdf Estàtua-menhir] {{webarchive. link. (2014-07-20)
  2. Evendon, J. (2001-02-11). "Le Dehus - Burial Chamber (Dolmen)". The Megalithic Portal.
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