Menhirs in Maine-et-Loire

Menhirs
49260 Montreuil-Bellay

The Menhir de la Pierre de Lenay, dating from the Neolithic, is a listed megalithic monument located in Montreuil-Bellay, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.

Pierre Longue
49350 Gennes-Val-de-Loire

La Pierre Longue is a 3.25 m high stoneware menhir, located in Gennes-Val-de-Loire (Maine-et-Loire), classified as a historical monument since 1982. This neolithic megalith dominates the local landscape.

Menhirs
49600 Montrevault-sur-Èvre

The Menhir de Bréau, also called Pierre qui tourne, is a 3.5 m high schist megalith located at Fief-Sauvin (Maine-et-Loire), near the Evre. Enlisted as historical monuments in 1990, it bears witness to the megalithic heritage of Angelvin.

Menhirs
49360 Maulévrier

The Salt Stone is a 3.30 m high granite neolithic menhir located in Maulévrier in Maine-et-Loire, classified as a historical monument in 1975.

Menhirs
49150 Baugé-en-Anjou

The Pierre du Coq is a megalithic Neolithic complex located in Echemiré (Maine-et-Loire), composed of two sandstone menhirs and a polisher. Ranked a historic monument in 1979, it bears witness to local prehistoric practices.

Pierre Longue
49350 Gennes

The Pierre Longue du Bouchet is a 3.60 m triangular menhir, located in Gennes en Maine-et-Loire (Pays de la Loire), classified as a historical monument since 1990.

Menhirs
49450 La Renaudière

The Menhir de Charbonneau, dit Pierre Levée, is a megalithic monument of the Neolithic located in La Renaudière, Maine-et-Loire, in a granitic landscape typical of the Tiffauges.

Menhirs
49490 Noyant-Villages

The menhir and dolmen of L'Aurière are two megaliths of Neolithic located in Chigné (Maine-et-Loire), 200 m distant. The menhir, said 'Pierre sonnante', and the collapsed dolmen testify to ancient funeral practices.