CROIX " LE GRAND CALVAIRE"
VIGNEUX-DE-BRETAGNE
The main menhir stands 4.50 m high and weighs 42,000 kg.
Listed as a Historic Monument in 1889.
Source : BT Avrillé
It dates from the Neolythic period, over 5,000 years ago. This megalithic tomb features so-called Angevin architecture.
Between the 18th and 19th centuries, there was an optical telegraphy station here, long since destroyed.