La Gran' Mère de Chimquiere
Statue in Guernsey, Channel Islands
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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. 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.
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English Channel island near Normandy
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