Menhir Signal de Le Croisic

Menhir Signal de Le Croisic

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Mérimée ID

PA00108609

French architectural heritage database reference.

Protection

Classé (1889)

Status under the French Heritage Act.

Menhir Signal de Le Croisic — Menhir in Le Croisic (Loire-Atlantique) 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 PA00108609. 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 Signal (cad. C) : classement par liste de 1889

Ownership

Current legal status: propriété de la commune.

Location & Access

Commune and département

Located in Le Croisic, Loire-Atlantique, within the Pays de la Loire region of France.

Coordinates

GPS coordinates: 47.2874°N, -2.5310°E (WGS 84).

Nearby protected sites

Monument Commune Protected
Immeuble sur cours Cambronne Nantes 1949
Chapelle de Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire 1986
Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste Le Loroux-Bottereau 1923
Chapelle Saint-Barthélémy Saint-Julien-de-Concelles 1925
Château des ducs de Bretagne Nantes 1840

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 Signal de Le Croisic located?

Menhir Signal de Le Croisic is located in the commune of Le Croisic (Loire-Atlantique).

When was Menhir Signal de Le Croisic protected?

It was classé Monument Historique (listed) in 1889 under the French Heritage Act, with reference PA00108609 in the Mérimée database.

When was Menhir Signal de Le Croisic 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 Le Croisic, Loire-Atlantique

Coordinates: 47.2874°N, -2.5310°E