Menhir de la Pierre à l'Abbé

The Pierre à l'Abbé is a standing stone, or menhir, at Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny in the Aube department of France. It is also known as the Menhir de la Pierre à l'Abbé. The monument was probably built between 2800 BCE and 1800 BCE, based on a typological estimate.

The stone stands 1,54 m high and measures 1,87 m across its base. It is 0,60 m thick, with its broadest face pointing east. Near the top is a small flat area, 0,70 m long and 0,20 m wide, followed by a shallow depression 0,35 m deep.

The menhir was originally wider. Around 1930, part of it was cut away, altering its shape. It has been protected as a historical monument since 1993. No legend, ancient name, excavation history, or more precise date is given for this site.

Menhirs are upright stones set up by people. The word comes from the Breton words maen and hir, meaning “long stone,” and was introduced into archaeology by French antiquarians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Such monuments are especially numerous in north-western France, where about 1,200 are known, although Brittany has the greatest density and variety.

Menhir de la Pierre à l'Abbé is a menhir (standing stone) in Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny, France. Wikidata describes it as: menhir in Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny, 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 à l'Abbé", shown in the original language.