Menhir de la Broussardière

Menhir de la Broussardière

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Mérimée ID

PA00109565

French architectural heritage database reference.

Protection

Classé (1921)

Status under the French Heritage Act.

Menhir de la Broussardière — Menhir in Montaudin (Mayenne) classé Monument Historique (listed) in 1921 under the French Heritage Act.

Identification & Protection

Mérimée reference

This monument is referenced in the French architectural heritage database (Mérimée) under the identifier PA00109565. Full archival records are published by the Ministère de la Culture at pop.culture.gouv.fr.

Protection status

The building is classé Monument Historique (listed) (since 1921), the highest French-law category for heritage immeubles.

Menhir de la Broussardière : classement par arrêté du 26 janvier 1921

Ownership

Current legal status: propriété privée.

Location & Access

Commune and département

Located in Montaudin, Mayenne, within the Pays de la Loire region of France.

Coordinates

GPS coordinates: 48.3664°N, -0.9560°E (WGS 84).

Nearby protected sites

Monument Commune Protected
Allée couverte de la Hamelinière Chantrigné 1932
Pont muletier du moulin Fresnay (également sur commune de Auvers-le-Hamon, dans la Sarthe) Beaumont-Pied-de-Boeuf 1984
Dolmen de la Contrie du Rocher Ernée 1889
Dolmen dit Dolmen des Iles Voutré 1978
Halles de Saint-Denis-d'Anjou Saint-Denis-d'Anjou 1984

Loire Context

Architectural context

Built or restructured in the Néolithique.

Relative significance

Among the most recently protected sites of the département — typically 20th- or 21st-century inscriptions.

UNESCO landscape

The Loire Valley is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2000 as a cultural landscape. Read the anchor page: Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Menhir de la Broussardière located?

Menhir de la Broussardière is located in the commune of Montaudin (Mayenne).

When was Menhir de la Broussardière protected?

It was classé Monument Historique (listed) in 1921 under the French Heritage Act, with reference PA00109565 in the Mérimée database.

When was Menhir de la Broussardière built?

The main construction campaign dates from the Néolithique.

Data source: Ministère de la Culture — base Mérimée (data.culture.gouv.fr). Last updated: April 14, 2026.

Geographic location

location_on Montaudin, Mayenne

Coordinates: 48.3664°N, -0.9560°E