Menhirs de Clendy, Yverdon-les-Bains, VD, Suisse


45 menhirs are spread out in an oval array in the Neolithic site Clendy, on the shore of Lake Neuchâtel near Yverdon-les-Bains. Put up 6,000 years ago. These 45 erratic blocks – Alpine rocks swept along by the Rhône glacier – were cut into human shape. Some of them are 4.5 m high and weigh 5 tons. They are comparable to the carved statues of the Mediterranean Neolithic …

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