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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 5161

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) Alternative Name: Pierre-Longue de Sale-Village, Menhir de la Maison-Neuve, Menhir de Nideville
Country: France Département: Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Doué-le-Fontaine  Nearest Village: St-Georges-des-Sept-Voies
Latitude: 47.351640N  Longitude: 0.2779W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain visited on 15th Jul 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This six metre tall menhir stands just beside the road between Le Sale Village and Nideville, to the west of Gennes, amongst some modern houses. In fact, it is on the opposite side of the road to where it is marked on my ign 1:25000 map, and looks like it might have been moved here fairly recently. While I was visiting, I noted that there was a hole dug down one side of the stone, showing at least another metre of stone below ground level. But quite why one side should have been excavated I dont know. Maybe somebody wants it to fall over.



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Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by TheCaptain : The Pierre-qui-Pousse in July 2005. I noted that there was a hole dug down one side of the stone, showing at least another metre of stone below ground level. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This six metre tall menhir stands just beside the road amongst some modern houses between Le Sale Village and Nidevelle, in the community of St-Georges-des-Sept-Voies to the west of Gennes, Maine-et-Loire.

While I was visiting in 2005, I noted that there was a hole dug down one side of the stone, showing at least another metre of stone below ground level. But quite why one side should have been excavated I dont know. Maybe somebody wants it to fall over.

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Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by irundarra : Site in Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49 France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by irundarra (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by Martin_L : The moon and the splendid Menhir La Pierre qui Pousse at Nideville / Sale village seen from the North in July 2022. Visible height approx. 5,5m. Reference: Gruet, M., Inventaire des mégalithes de la France - Maine et Loire, 1967, p. 204-206. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by Martin_L : The flat western side of the splendid Menhir La Pierre qui Pousse at Nideville / Sale village in July 2022. Visible height approx. 5,5m. Reference: Gruet, M., Inventaire des mégalithes de la France - Maine et Loire, 1967, p. 204-206.

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by Dipo : Pierre-qui-Pousse, St Georges des Sept-Voies

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by Martin_L : The splendid Menhir La Pierre qui Pousse at Nideville / Sale village in July 2022. Visible height approx. 5,5m. Reference: Gruet, M., Inventaire des mégalithes de la France - Maine et Loire, 1967, p. 204-206.

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by TheCaptain : The Pierre-qui-Pousse in July 2005. I noted that there was a hole dug down one side of the stone, showing at least another metre of stone below ground level.

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by TheCaptain

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by TheCaptain

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by johnstone : View at the back, looking to the road, June 19, 2007

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by johnstone : Situation on June 19, 2007

Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village)
Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) submitted by ocdolmen : Nidevelle menhir (5.50 meters)

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Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse (Le Sale Village) by Anonymous on Thursday, 31 March 2022
Je doute que ce menhir ai jamais été déplacé : sur une carte IGN ancienne datée de 1950, le menhir est bien placé au sud de la route.
Voir https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte et sélectionner la carte "Cartes 1950". Le menhir est symbolisé par un signe Π avec l'abréviation "Mhir"
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Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by TheCaptain on Saturday, 21 April 2012
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From Mégalithes en Anjou, by Michel Gruet.

"Pierre qui pousse. Bousrez suppose des pratiques de friction sexuelle, comme a Plouharzel. Gargantua fauchet du blé. Il se baissa pour vider ses bottes du sable qui forme actuellement les deux coteaux vis-a-vis, sa pierre a aiguiser tomba et se ficha au sol par sa pointe."

Which Mr Google translates as follows:
"Peter grows. Bousrez involves sexual practices of friction, as has Plouharzel. Gargantua scythe wheat. He stooped to empty his boots sand that now forms the two hills vis-a-vis his sharpening stone fell and ficha ground by the tip."

While Babel Fish gives the following:
"Pierre who pushes. Bousrez supposes practices of sexual friction, as has Plouharzel. Gargantua fauchet of corn. It bent down to empty its boots of the sand which currently forms the two slopes opposite, its stone has to sharpen fell and was card-indexed on the ground by its point."

Does that help at all !!!!
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    Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by Runemage on Saturday, 21 April 2012
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    *Thank-you* Cap'n, that's some of the best autobabble I've read in a while, I loved the card-indexed reference! :-)
    How about...
    Bouserez and Plouharzel suggest the stone's name is a euphemism to do with sexual friction, suggested by the following legend.
    One day, a giant was harvesting his wheat-field with a scythe. His boots were filled with dust, so he stopped to empty them and that action created two hills. As he was bending over to do this, his sharpening stone fell out of his pocket and the tip embedded in the earth, between the slopes of the two hills.
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      Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by TheCaptain on Sunday, 22 April 2012
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      Plouharzel is a reference to Kerloas (Plouarzel community) and its well known legend "This stone of course has many legends, such as that newly wed couples should come here on their wedding night to rub the stone lumps for a good future and fertility. In fact, many wedding parties still come here to this day in order to perform this ritual."
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      Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by Runemage on Sunday, 22 April 2012
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      Ah... I found Plurazel as a commune or surname, but no mention of the Kerolas stone. Fingers crossed - we have a fertility symbol associated with the previously mentioned Giant's sharpening stone legend.
      Dare I say, result :-)
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        Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by Anonymous on Sunday, 22 April 2012
        To find the Kerloas Menhir just click on the link in TheCaptain's post.
        Largest Menhir in Europe.
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Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by Runemage on Friday, 20 April 2012
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I love the French descriptive names, the stone that grows, or the stone that pushes? If it's the latter, perhaps there are some stories about it, like one at Stanton Drew and another at Avebury which are said to repel people if touched in a certain place, anyone heard anything about this one?
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    Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by Martin_L on Friday, 20 April 2012
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    Yes, I do love the French (names) as well ;)
    Meaning will be "stone-that-grows", but I am no native speaker of course.
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    Re: Pierre-qui-Pousse by TheCaptain on Friday, 20 April 2012
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    I believe I have a picture of this one's roots somewhere. I'll have to have a look.
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