Alignement des Bruyères

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The alignment of the Bruyères consists of three menhirs aligned located in the commune of Baux-Sainte-Croix in the department of Eure in France. The rarity of this type of megaliths in Normandy makes it an exceptional monument.

Location: These menhirs are located in the middle of a wood to the south of the commune of Baux-Sainte-Croix. Two dolmens are nearby, the dolmen of the Hôtel-Dieu and the Pierre coulée in the commune des Ventes.

Description: The basement around the menhirs consists of a mixture of flint clay and stampian sands. They often contain large sea pebbles, sometimes agglutinated in pudding. The abundance of this rock on site explains that it was used for the construction of these megaliths as for the nearby dolmens. The three menhirs are oriented along a north-west axis south-east whose deviation from the magnetic north is 24°. The northmost block has a visible height of 1.50 m. Its base, rectangular, is 2.40 m long by 1 m wide. The second block, located 16.50 m from the first one, is higher since its visible height is 1.70 m. Its base, in the shape of a diamond, measures 2.20...