Menhir de L’Ile-d’Yeu

Menhir de L'Ile-d'Yeu — Menhir in L'Ile-d'Yeu (Vendée) classé Monument Historique (listed) in 1889 under the French Heritage Act.

Identification & Protection

Mérimée reference

This monument is referenced in the French architectural heritage database (Mérimée) under the identifier PA00110148. 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 1889), the highest French-law category for heritage immeubles.

Menhir : classement par liste de 1889

Ownership

Current legal status: propriété privée.

Location & Access

Commune and département

Located in L'Ile-d'Yeu, Vendée, within the Pays de la Loire region of France.

Coordinates

GPS coordinates: 46.6924°N, -2.3232°E (WGS 84).

Nearby protected sites

Monument	Commune	Protected
Cimetière de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie	Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie	1921
Eglise de Réaumur	Réaumur	1927
Eglise paroissiale de Beaufou	Beaufou	1992
Ouvrages d'art sur le canal de la Taillée (également sur commune de La Barre-de-Monts)	Notre-Dame-de-Monts	1988
Château de la Girardie	Sérigné	1988

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 L'Ile-d'Yeu located?

Menhir de L'Ile-d'Yeu is located in the commune of L'Ile-d'Yeu (Vendée).

When was Menhir de L'Ile-d'Yeu protected?

It was classé Monument Historique (listed) in 1889 under the French Heritage Act, with reference PA00110148 in the Mérimée database.

When was Menhir de L'Ile-d'Yeu 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.