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Astatue menhir is a type of carvedstanding stone created during the laterEuropeanNeolithic Period.
The statues 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 inSouthern France and westernFrance,Catalonia,[1]Corsica,Sardinia,Italy and theAlps. A group from theIron Age also is known inLiguria andLunigiana.
There are two inGuernsey,[2]La Gran' Mère du Chimquière ('the Grandmother of the Cemetery'), a highly detailed example in the churchyard ofParish of Saint Martin, and another known simply asLa Gran' Mère in the Parish ofCastel. The latter is an earlier, less detailed example found buried underneath the porch of the parish church.
