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The Pierre Levée menhir
The Pierre Levée menhir
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The Pierre Levée menhir is a boulder erected in the Neolithic period in what is now the Princé forest in Chéméré, in the commune of Chaumes-en-Retz.
This megalithic feature bears witness to a thousand-year-old presence in this region of the
Pays de Retz
.
It is located around 2.5 km north of the town of Chéméré (Chaumes en Retz), near a road running through the Princé forest.
It is estimated to be 4,500 years old, or around 2,500 BC.
The
menhir
is 1.95 m high (Pitre de Lisle is 2.15 m high), 1.30 m wide and 0.60 m thick.
The Pierre Levée menhir stands at the eastern entrance to the Princé forest, the fiefdom of the Retz lord Gilles de Rais, whose historical figure is often confused with the character of "Bluebeard".
There are various local legends about this standing stone:
according to local folklore, the story goes that when Gilles de Rais, Baron of Retz, lived in Princé castle, he defended himself against an army besieging him by throwing huge blocks of stone at his attackers. One of them, the so-called menhir, fell straight down and stuck in the ground so deeply that no one has been able to remove it since.
Another legend attributes evil powers to the stone. A diabolical superstition is associated with it, stating that if a person wishes to speak to the Devil, "'all he has to do is walk around it seven times, on a moonless night, at midnight, to enter the world of the Underworld".
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PERIOD OF SITE OR HISTORIC MONUMENT
:
Prehistoric
MEGALITH
:
Menhir
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:
Individual admission (without guide)
Geographical zone
:
Chaumes-en-Retz
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Le menhir de La Pierre Levée
La Pierre Levée
Chéméré
44320
CHAUMES EN RETZ
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 47.15079
Longitude : -1.88630
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The Pierre Levée menhir
La Pierre Levée
Chéméré
44320
CHAUMES EN RETZ
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