Menhir de Bargueyrac

The Menhir de Bargueyrac, also known as Pierre Plantade, is an uncertain menhir in the commune of Sériers, in the French department of Cantal. It has been listed as a historic monument since 4 April 1911.

The stone measures 1,40 m in height and 0,60 m in width. A small hole at the top may correspond to the former fixing of a cross. No certain archaeological evidence shows that it is in fact a menhir, so its identification remains uncertain.

Typological estimates place standing stones of this kind broadly between 2800 BCE and 1800 BCE. Any connection between the stone and a prehistoric monument remains unproven, and no firm archaeological indication has been established.

Standing stones called menhirs are large upright stones placed by people. The word comes from the Breton maen and hir, meaning “long stone,” and entered archaeology through French antiquarians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Such monuments are especially numerous in north-western France.

Menhir de Bargueyrac is a menhir (standing stone) in Sériers, France. A typological estimate: 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Pierre Plantade (Sériers)", shown in the original language.