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1. La Ferme de Renouville – Cosqueville loop from Saint-Pierre-Église

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2. La Ferme de Renouville – Cosqueville loop from Angoville-en-Saire

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October 31, 2021

The Three Princesses are three megaliths visible in the surroundings of Saint-Pierre-Église.

These are menhirs which date from approximately 4,500 to 2,500 years BC. Located in Cosqueville, near the Grand Manoir, it measures 3 m high and has three vertical stripes dug by rain erosion . It ends in a conical head. wikimanche.fr/Les_Trois_princesses

Pierre Lefillastre says he discovered it on June 17, 1828. Here is the description he gives: “It is made of granite and placed half a quarter of a league from the church towards the east, in a room dependent on the large Cosqueville farm, for Mr. Baron d'Anneville, and very close to this farm. It is called the planted stone. She approaches a little the figure of a corner having its base in the shape of a diamond whose faces are slightly swollen and which is placed on its head, so as to have one of its faces rectangular and vertical, and the opposite one, in plan inclined. We notice at the top of the W. face, which is almost perpendicular, 5 or 6 furrows, which descend vertically from the top of the stone to a third of its height. These grooves are shallow and poorly finished; one of them is much wider than the others. It is easy to recognize the hand of man. At the top of the main furrow, the stone ends in a sort of conical head, perhaps worked by human hands. The height of this menhir is 9 feet, its average width is approximately 4 feet, and its thickness at the bottom is a little less.

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Location: Vicq-Sur-Mer, Cherbourg, Manche, France

Menhir known as the Pierre Plantée

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