Menhir
A menhir (French, from Middle Breton: maen, "stone" and hir, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, lith or masseba/matseva is a large upright standing stone. Menhirs may be found singly as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar stones. Their size can vary considerably, but their shape is generally uneven and squared, often tapering towards the top. Menhirs are widely distributed across Europe, Africa and Asia, but are most numerous in Western Europe; in particular in Ireland, Great Britain and Brittany. There are about 50,000 megaliths in these areas, while there are 1,200 menhirs in northwest France alone. Standing stones are usually difficult to date, but pottery found underneath some in Atlantic Europe connects them with the Beaker people. They were constructed during many different periods across pre-history as part of a larger megalithic culture that flourished in Europe and beyond.
Some menhirs have been erected next to buildings that often have an early or current religious significance. One example is the South Zeal Menhir in Devon, which formed the basis for a 12th-century monastery built by lay monks. The monastery later became the Oxenham Arms hotel, at South Zeal, and the standing stone remains in place in the ancient snug bar at the hotel.
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by: MenhirWer war das stolze Volk
Das einst die Höhen erklomm
Mir unbekannt ist mir verwehrt
Ihr mühevoller Weg
Regen schlug ihnen ins Gesicht
Bereift ihre Haare
Tau träufelte von Schild und von Speer
Kamen aus dem Dunkeln
Kamen aus dem Licht
Viel weiss ich
Nur die Wahrheit nicht
Leid war ihnen ihr Land
Nicht länger weilten sie dort
Schöner schien ihnen das Reich
Wo die Sonne untergeht
Sie zogen über Berge
Hier zu Thuringias Hort
Sie zogen ins Land
Wie die Brandung am Meer
Tauschten Ruhe gegen Wolfsgeheul
Wie fruchtbar war's
Die eisigen Höhen
Wie Feuer brannt's in ihren Augen
Wer war das stolze Volk
Das einst die Höhen erklomm
Mir unbekannt ist mir verwehrt
Ihr mühevoller Weg
Regen schlug ihnen ins Gesicht
Bereift ihre Haare
Tau träufelte von Schild und von Speer
Kamen aus dem Dunkeln
Kamen aus dem Licht
Viel weiss ich
Nur die Wahrheit nicht
Leid war ihnen ihr Land
Nicht länger weilten sie dort
Hatten das Wissen hatten die Macht
Stellten die Kreise hielten die Wacht
Wohl bedacht ihre Heimat gewählt
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