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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Country: France Département: Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63) Type: Standing Stones
 Nearest Village: Veyre-Mouton
Latitude: 45.651190N  Longitude: 3.171100E
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Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Statue-menhir, detail of small breasts Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap (Vote or comment on this photo)
Thirty megaliths in an alignment at least 150 metres long have been unearthed in Veyre-Mouton, Auvergne, as well as a statue-menhir, a stone circle and a megalithic horseshoe. This exceptional discovery is a first for the centre of France and was announced on Monday by Inrap. Lots more photos and an estimate of the location, on our pages

The discovery took place in Veyre-Monton, between Clermont-Ferrand and Issoire, as part of the widening of the A75 motorway. Excavations revealed basalt monoliths "from 1 meter to 1.60 meters" whose alignment stretches "150 meters in the course of the excavation and probably beyond," reported Inrap.

These monoliths are bordered by another megalithic alignment, where five stones make up a horseshoe. Finally, six other blocks for a regularly spaced circle 15m in diameter.

"Like some other monuments, including Belz in the Morbihan, the menhirs of Veyre-Monton were knocked down to make them disappear from the landscape. Pushed into large pits, sometimes mutilated or covered with earth, these monoliths have been the subject of iconoclastic gestures, a kind of condemnation perhaps related to change of community or beliefs" speculated Inrap.

The group follows a north-south axis and evokes the great megalithic monuments of Carnac, Morbihan.

Intriguingly the largest menhirs are mainly at the top of the slope to the north, and the smaller ones, more closely spaced, are to the south.

More surprising still is the presence within the main alignment of a sculpted and "roughly anthropomorphic" menhir. This statue-menhir, the only known one to be found in Auvergne has "a round eminence, resting on summarily sided shoulders, as well having as two small breasts".

A grave containing "the remains of a tall man" was also discovered, covered with a quadrangular cairn 14 meters long by 6.50 meters wide. The latter, like the alignment of monoliths, was "deliberately erased from the landscape," according to Inrap.

Few dating clues have been left behind to establish a precise chronology, for the moment, Inrap estimates that the main occupation of the site would cover a period from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.

Source (in French): ouest-france.fr and approximate translation by Google and Andy B
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Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Burial in the center of the Cairn Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Rounded stone blocks forming an arc (in the foreground), cairn and alignments Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : In the background of the site: Butte of Pepperite (Puy de la Piquette) Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap (Vote or comment on this photo)

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Monolithic limestone still partially erect, fragmented on site Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Monolithic limestone still partially erect, fragmented on site Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Circle arc and alignment of rounded stone blocks Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Tomb near the cairn Photo Credit: Denis Glicksman

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Release of the deceased buried in the cairn Photo Credit: Denis Glicksman

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Photo Credit: Statue-menhir, detail of small breasts Denis Gliksman, Inrap

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Statue-menhir being excavated Photo Credit: Nina Parisot, Inrap

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Alignment of monoliths bordered by a burial during excavation Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap

Veyre-Monton buried standing stones
Veyre-Monton buried standing stones submitted by dodomad : Cairn and alignments Photo Credit: Denis Gliksman, Inrap

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Les mégalithes de Veyre-Monton (Puy-de-Dôme) - INRAP by Andy B on Tuesday, 27 August 2019
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Les mégalithes de Veyre-Monton (Puy-de-Dôme) : alignements de menhirs, tombe, cairn et statue

Une équipe de l’Inrap vient de fouiller une série d’alignements de menhirs à Veyre-Monton (Puy-de-Dôme). C’est la première fois que de tels alignements, cairn et statue-menhir sont mis au jour en Auvergne, et plus largement dans le centre de la France.

https://www.inrap.fr/les-megalithes-de-veyre-monton-puy-de-dome-alignements-de-menhirs-tombe-cairn-et-14540

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