Le rocher Branlant. Largeasse. France
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N 46° 39.571 W 000° 31.848
30T E 688908 N 5170289
Le rocher Branlant de Largeasse
Waymark Code: WM118RW
Location: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Punga and Paua
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Le " chiron " (appellation locale pour désigner des boules de granit qui émergent du sol) est un élément très présent dans la nature, autour duquel se sont imaginées de nombreuses légendes et histoires mystérieuses. Le site naturel du Rocher Branlant sur la commune de Largeasse est parsemé de ces chirons, où également un chaos granitique laisse entrevoir une pierre branlante : le Rocher Branlant. La légende du rocher branlant ? On raconte que le rocher branlant servait de « Pierre de Jugement », en particulier pour les femmes ayant commis un adultère qui se justifiaient de cette accusation si elles parvenaient à mettre en branle une de ces pierres. Réalité ou simple légende?...


The "chiron" (local name for granite balls that emerge from the ground) is a very present element in nature, around which have imagined many legends and mysterious stories. The natural site of the Rock Branlant in the municipality of Largeasse is dotted with these chirons, where also a granite chaos reveals a rocky stone: the Rock Branlant. The legend of rocky rock? It is said that the rocky rock served as the "Judgment Stone", especially for women who had committed adultery and who justified the accusation if they managed to set one of these stones in motion. Reality or simple legend? ...
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