Pierre qui tourne menhir

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The menhir de la Drouetterie, dit la Pierre qui tourne, is a menhir located in the commune of Vay (Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France), itself located about 40 km north of Nantes.

Location: Vay is 7 km west of Nozay, where the National Road 137 runs from Nantes to Rennes. The menhir is located about a kilometre southeast of the village of Vay, near the road to La Grigonnais, a little south of the village of Bourruen.

Description: It is a monolith of quartzite with a quasi-prismatic shape, 2.96 m high and 1.13 m wide, slightly inclined northward. Its summit is surmounted by a cement base, previously supported by a cross (mark of Christianization of a monument from the pre-Christian world). Several surrounding blocks are probably the remains of a more complex megalithic complex.

Protection: This monument has been classified as historical monuments since 1928.

Bibliography: Pitre de Lisle du Dreneuc, Dictionnaire archéologique de la Loire-Inferior (celtic, Gallo-Roman and Gallo-Roman eras), Nantes, V. Forest and E...