menhir in English
noun
1
a tall upright stone of a kind erected in prehistoric times in western Europe.
While many monuments consist of separate stones raised on end as menhirs , stone circles (as at Stonehenge), and avenues (as seen at Carnac, in France), the same technique was often used in walling chambers.
noun
standing stone
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1. The second version says that the Grès Saint-Méen was a kind of menhir upside down that had traces of acorn cups on the top.