Le Tribunal

Le Tribunal is a megalithic enclosure at Saint-Just in Ille-et-Vilaine, France. It consists of nine quartz blocks arranged in an arc from north to south, with a tenth block about 50 m to the east facing them. The tallest blocks reach 1,50 m, although four have fallen over. The enclosure was listed as a historic monument in 1978.

The site is probably dated to 4500 BCE to 3300 BCE by typological comparison. J. Desmars reported that at least six more blocks were still present in 1869 before they were lost during the construction of a road. The monument was probably intended for observing sunset at the summer solstice. A comparable monument stands at Pen-ar-lan on the island of Ouessant.

The name “Tribunal” comes from a legend in which the isolated block represents an accused person facing the judges. Nearby, about 10 m west of the enclosure, there was formerly a burial mound with an elongated trapezoidal enclosure measuring 16,50 m long and 8,20 m wide on the eastern side, and 7,65 m wide on the open western side.

The mound had a side entrance to the northwest, marked by two quartz blocks and a schist slab, while a menhir stood 1,10 m high and 1,20 m wide at its western end. It was completely dismantled during construction of a ridge road crossing the Lande de Cojoux in the first half of the twentieth century. Its stones were moved to the roadside, where they remain visible.

Le Tribunal is a megalith (abstract root) in Saint-Just, France. A typological estimate: 4500 BCE to 3300 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Tribunal (Saint-Just)", shown in the original language.