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Polissoir

Ferrière-Larçon, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Polissoir : classement par liste de 1889
Protection dates
1889 : classé MH
Type
polissoir
Main period of construction
Néolithique
Ownership
propriété publique
Lieu-dit
Le Temple
Commune
Ferrière-Larçon
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.99375, 0.88406
Mérimée reference
PA00097757

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le polissoire a été découvert par M. Dauxerre vers 1865. Classé monument historique au titre immeule en 1889, il est resté dans la propriété du Temple, à Ferrières-Larçon, jusqu'à ce que les héritiers de M. Dauxerre le donne au Musée de l'Homme en 1953. Il est aujourd'hui conservé au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (N°INV MNHN-HP-53-6.1) Louis Dubreuil-Chambardel, La Touraine préhistorique, Paris, 1923, p. 19-20 (dont illustrations n°III)

Gros polissoire formé d'un banc de silex et présentant des rainures sur les deux facs. Dimensions : L = 69 ; l = 41 ; ep = 10-14

English translation

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The polisher was discovered by M. Dauxerre around 1865. Classified as a historic monument as a building in 1889, it remained in the property of the Temple, at Ferrières-Larçon, until the heirs of M. Dauxerre gave it to the Musée de l'Homme in 1953. It is today preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (N°INV MNHN-HP-53-6.1) Louis Dubreuil-Chambardel, La Touraine préhistorique, Paris, 1923, p. 19-20 (including illustrations n°III)

Large polisher formed of a flint bench and presenting grooves on both faces. Dimensions: L = 69; w = 41; th = 10-14

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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