Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Deux polissoirs de la Pointe des Roches
Berzy-le-Sec, Aisne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Deux polissoirs de la Pointe des Roches (cad. D 421) : classement par arrêté du 26 mai 1899
- Protection dates
- 1899/05/26 : classé MH
- Type
- polissoir
- Main period of construction
- Néolithique
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- Vallée de Clancy (la) ; Pointe du Rocher (la)
- Commune
- Berzy-le-Sec
- Département
- Aisne
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.29079, 3.26442
- Mérimée reference
- PA00115530
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "44 Soissons." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Polissoirs en grès d'époque néolithique, situés dans une forêt. Le principal polissoir a deux cuvettes et 22 rainures, sur le versant ; le second a une cuvette et deux rainures.
English translation
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History
Polishing stones of sandstone from the Neolithic period, situated in a forest. The main polishing stone has two cups and 22 grooves, on the slope; the second has one cup and two grooves.
Nearby in the register
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
- Ancienne abbayeabbaye2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.