menhir de Kerampeulven

The Menhir de Kerampeulven is a standing stone on the commune of Berrien, in the Finistère department of France. It belongs to the larger group of megalithic sites for which this part of Brittany is especially noted.

The monument is a block of granite with a phallic shape. It measures 5 m in height. Modern graffiti and carvings have been made at its base, possibly from around 1900; these are described as apocryphal, and their makers or meanings are not identified.

The standing stone is dated by typological estimate to 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE. No excavation results, ancient inscriptions, or other evidence explaining its original setting or purpose are provided. Its history is instead documented through later references to the site and its protection as a historic monument.

The Menhir de Kerampeulven was listed as a monument historique by order of 4 October 1995. At least 15 different postcards issued during the twentieth century show it, with the earliest known examples dating from 1902, confirming its attraction to visitors by the early 1900s.

menhir de Kerampeulven is a menhir (standing stone) in Berrien, France. Wikidata describes it as: standing stone in Berrien (Finistère, France). A typological estimate: 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Menhir de Kerampeulven", shown in the original language.