menhir de Kergastel

The Menhir de Kergastel is a standing stone at Penvénan in the French department of Côtes-d'Armor. It is made from Perros granite and is incorporated into the bank of a roadside.

The menhir stands 2,05 m high and reaches a maximum width of 1 m at its base. Its face has a shoulder-like projection, giving it a roughly human-shaped profile. The stone survives as an upright monument, although it is now built into a roadside embankment.

A typological estimate places the Menhir de Kergastel between 2800 BCE and 1800 BCE. This dating method identifies a likely period from the monument’s characteristics; the available information does not give a more precise date for this stone.

Standing stones are also called menhirs, orthostats or liths. Such large upright stones are found singly or in groups across Europe, Africa and Asia, with many concentrated in Western Europe. Their purposes remain uncertain, and proposed functions include rituals, territorial marking and parts of an ideological system.

menhir de Kergastel is a menhir (standing stone) in Kingdom of the Netherlands. 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 Kergastel", shown in the original language.