La Gran' Mère de Chimquiere

The La Gran' Mère de Chimquiere (English: The Grandmother of the Cemetery) is a statue menhir that is located near the parish church of St Martin on Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

The statue is a female figure that stands 1.65 meters in height. Originally it was a neolithic statue carved around 2500-1800 BC.^[1] The statue was reworked around the Roman period to add a cape and head dress or hair. The statue was split in the 19th century; local legend attributes the break to a church warden who was against the pagan statue.^[2]

References

^ Kinnes, Ian (1983). Les Fouaillages and the Megalithic Monuments of Guernsey. London: Roeder Print Services Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 0946346011.
^ "Gran' Mere du Chimquiere at St Martin's". BBC. 28 Feb 2007. Retrieved 2023-09-11.

49°26′17″N 2°33′17″W / 49.43793137°N 2.55465924°W / 49.43793137; -2.55465924

[1] Kinnes, Ian (1983). Les Fouaillages and the Megalithic Monuments of Guernsey. London: Roeder Print Services Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 0946346011.

[2] "Gran' Mere du Chimquiere at St Martin's". BBC. 28 Feb 2007. Retrieved 2023-09-11.

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