Statue menhir
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A statue menhir is a type of carved standing stone created during the later European Neolithic.
They consist of a vertical slab or pillar with a stylised design of a human figure cut into it, sometimes with hints of clothing or weapons visible.
They are most commonly found in south and west France, Corsica, Italy and the Alps. A group from the Iron Age is also known in Liguria. There are two in Guernsey, La Gran' Mère de Chimqiere, a highly-detailed example in the Parish of St Martin, and another known simply as La Gran' Mère in the Parish of Castel, an earlier example found buried underneath the parish church.
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