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词条 Menhir de Champ-Dolent
释义

  1. Location

  2. Description

  3. In folklore

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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The Menhir de Champ-Dolent is a menhir, or upright standing stone, located in a field outside the town of Dol-de-Bretagne. It is the largest standing stone in Brittany and is over 9 meters high.

Location

The Menhir du Champ-Dolent is 2 kilometres south of Dol-de-Bretagne in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine.[1][2] It is in a small picnic area fenced off among the fields near the D795 road.[3][4]

Description

The menhir is the tallest of Brittany's standing stones.[1] Its height above ground is between 9.3 and 9.5 metres.[5] It is made of pinkish granite,[4] and has an estimated weight of around

100 tonnes.[5] It is oval in shape with a smooth surface.[2] A cross was once placed on top to Christianize it.[6]

It has been registered as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1889.[7]

In folklore

According to legend, the menhir fell from the skies to separate two feuding brothers who were on the point of killing each other.[3][6] This legend is said to account for the name "Champ Dolent" which means "Field of Sorrow".[1]

Another legend states that the menhir is slowly sinking into the ground, and the world will end when it disappears altogether.[3]

According to tradition, in the year 560 Chlothar I, King of the Franks, is said to have met his rebel son, Chram, here.[8]

See also

  • Broken menhir of er grah
  • Rudston Monolith

References

1. ^{{cite book |author= |title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brittany: Brittany |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |page=70 |date=2013 |isbn=1409331407}}
2. ^{{cite book |last=Pozzi |first=Alberto |date=2014 |title=Megalithism: Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory |publisher=Universal |page=328 |isbn=1612332552}}
3. ^{{cite book |last=Ward |first=Greg |date=2003 |title=Brittany and Normandy |publisher=Rough Guides |page=235 |isbn=1843530767}}
4. ^{{cite book |last=Barbour |first=Philippe |date=2005 |title=Brittany |publisher=New Holland |page=126 |isbn=1860111424}}
5. ^{{cite book |last=Danze |first=Jean |date=2011 |title=Le secret des menhirs: de Bretagne et d'ailleurs |publisher=La Découvrance |page=22 |language=French |isbn=2842657004}}
6. ^{{cite book |last1=Barbour |first1=Philippe |last2=Facaros |first2=Dana |last3=Pauls |first3=Michael |date=2004 |title=France |publisher=New Holland |page=213 |isbn=186011881X}}
7. ^{{fr}} Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général du patrimoine culturel, notice on "Menhir de Champ Dolent", 2003.
8. ^{{cite book |last=Spence |first=Lewis |date=1917 |title=Legends and Romances of Brittany |publisher=Courier |page=40 |url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/lrb/index.htm}}

External links

{{Commons category inline|Menhir du Champ Dolent}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Menhir De Champ-Dolent}}{{European megaliths}}

2 : Megalithic monuments in Brittany|Monuments historiques of Ille-et-Vilaine

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