Menhir de Champ-Dolent
Champ-Dolent Standing Stone
Early to Middle Neolithic·Armorican Neolithic·🇫🇷 Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
About
About Menhir de Champ-Dolent
Tallest standing menhir in Brittany at 9.3 m high (8.5 m above ground, 1.5 m below), 100-tonne rose granite monolith tapering to point with erosion channels and medieval Christianized cross on apex. Dated c.5000–4000 BCE, located 2 km south of Dol-de-Bretagne. Legend says menhir fell from sky to separate feuding brothers, and that it sinks one cm per year until Last Judgment.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Quarry source 4 km away transport
Theories
- 01Boundary marker for Neolithic plain between Dol and Mont Dol
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 5000–4000 BCE
- Period
- Early to Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Armorican Neolithic
- Purpose
- Standing stone marker, territorial or astronomical
- Abandoned
- Never abandoned — reused in historic folklore
- Rediscovered
- Medieval legends; protected 1889
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 5000–4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1432 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
48.5451° N · 1.7403° W · 30 m · 1 mapped feature
Menhir
menhir9.3 m rose granite single standing stone
48.5451° N · 1.7403° W
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