A menhir is a large, single upright standing stone (monolith or megalith), of prehistoric European origin. The word menhir was adopted, via French, by 19th century archaeologists on the basis of words in the Breton language meaning "long stone" (compare Modern Welsh: maen hir = long stone). In modern Breton the word peulvan is used. The largest surviving menhir is at Locmariaquer, Brittany, the Grand Menhir Brisé ("Great Broken Menhir") which was once about 20 meters high. It lies broken in f ...

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• Menhir - Partial list of menhirs
• Menhir - England
• Menhir - France
• Menhir - Germany
• Menhir - Malta
• Menhir - Portugal
• Menhir - Scandinavia
• Menhir - Wales

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Menhir - England. Drizzlecombe, Dartmoor Beardown Man, Dartmoor Laughter Tor, near Two Bridges, Dartmoor Menhir - France. Carnac, Brittany Filitosa, Corsica Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens, Gironde [3] (5 m high and 3 m wide, can be found at the nearby port of Pierrefite) Cham des Bondons, [[Lozère Menhir - Germany. Gollenstein, Blieskastel (6.6 m high) Spellenstein, St. Ingbert (5 m high)See also:

Menhir, Menhir - Partial list of menhirs, Menhir - England, Menhir - France, Menhir - Germany, Menhir - Malta, Menhir - Portugal, Menhir - Scandinavia, Menhir - Wales

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