A menhir (/ ˈ m ɛ n h ɪər /; [1] from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long" [2]), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age.

Menhirs are found all across India. They can be as tall as 20 to 14 feet (over 4.2 m), and several hundred smaller menhirs scattered all over the agricultural fields, mountains and various geographical areas.

The meaning of MENHIR is a single upright rough monolith usually of prehistoric origin.

While the Egyptian obelisks were later carved with flattened faces, the European menhirs were shaped and smoothed so that with a few exceptions, the builders retained and even emphasised the natural qualities of the stones they used.

The Menhir de Champ-Dolent (French: [meniʁ də ʃɑ̃ dɔlɑ̃]; Breton: Maen-hir dolenn) is a menhir, or upright standing stone, located in a field outside the town of Dol-de-Bretagne. It is the second largest standing stone in Brittany and is around 9.4 metres high.

2023年6月15日 · Standing stones, called ‘menhirs’, are large stones set vertically into the ground. Placed in different locations in the British Isles by Neolithic Peoples, they date from 4,000 BC to 1,500 BC. Menhirs are widespread worldwide and can be found in Europe and as far afield as Africa and Asia.

MENHIR meaning: 1. a tall stone put in a vertical position by people in prehistoric times (= the period before…. Learn more.