Statue-menhir de Montalet

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The statue-menhir de Montalet is a statue-menhir belonging to the rouergat group discovered in Lacaune, in the Tarn department in France.

Description: It was discovered at an altitude of 1,150 m on a pass near Roc de Montalet in a semi-entered position. The site was searched in September 2010 and July 2011. The statue had been erected in a 0,90 m wide setting pit, 1.30 m long and 0,60 m deep. The statue was carved and snuffed in a block of granite of local origin, several rocky chaos of a similar nature are visible within a radius of 0.5 to 2 km. The stone is 3.02 m long by 1.07 m wide and 0.58 m thick, to which the broken base must be added, of a height between 0.35 m and 0.66 m, a total height of about 3.50 m and an estimated weight of 5 tonnes. Given its dimensions, it would be one of the three largest statues-menhirs of the rouergat group with the Plantée Stone and the statue of Planissart. Erosion almost completely erased the figures. Traces of a belt with a rectangular buckle are visible on the south side and...