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Polishes, terminals and rocks engraved in Pays-de-la-Loire

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Sélection de 8 polishes, terminals and engraved rocks sur 7 dans le Pays-de-la-Loire

Polissoir de la Grouas de Martigné-Briand
Polishing
49540 Martigné-Briand

The Grouas Polishing House, located in Martigné-Briand, Maine-et-Loire, is an indeterminately-dated megalithic sandstone slab, classified as a historic monument in 1982.
2 Pozauges polishers
Polishing
85700 Pouzauges

The 2 polishers of Pouzauges are megalithic monuments of Neolithic located in Pouzauges, Vendée. Ranked in 1889, they testify to prehistoric polishing techniques.
Maps of the Piriac-sur-Mer Devil
Rock engraved
44420 Piriac-sur-Mer

The Cartes du Diable are engraved granite outcrops, potentially dating from the 16th to the 19th century, located in Piriac-sur-Mer in Loire-Atlantique, near the hamlet of Saint-Sébastien.
Cupula stone from Girardières to Cheftimes
Cupstone
85390 Cheffois

The Girardières Cupstone is a megalithic monument located in Cheftimes, Pays de la Loire. Its exact period remains undetermined, but it bears witness to a local prehistoric heritage still mysterious.
Pierre des Farfadets du Poiré-sur-Vie
Rock engraved
85170 Le Poiré-sur-Vie

The Farfadets stone, a megalith of the Poiré-sur-Vie in Vendée, is a 10 tonne granite block decorated with 362 prehistoric engravings, classified as a historical monument in 1939.
Polissoir de la Vesinière de Cheftimes
Polishing
85390 Cheffois

The polisher of the Vesinière, located in Cheftimes in Vendée, is a prehistoric quartz block classified historical monument in 1926, marked by seventeen grooves and a polishing bowl.
Polissoir dit La Pierre Saint-Guillaume de Montenay
Polishing
53500 Montenay

The Pierre Saint-Guillaume is a neolithic sandstone polisher located in Montenay (Mayenne), classified as a historic monument since 1889. This megalith of 2.5 to 3 tons carries traces of polishing and medieval legends related to St. William, hermit of Tours, whose martyrdom would have occurred there, leaving according to tradition the imprint of his body on the stone.