Corcelles-près-Concise, located between Lake Neuchâtel and Mont Aubert (Switzerland), n
Corcelles-près-Concise, located between Lake Neuchâtel and Mont Aubert (Switzerland), not far from la Tène. The megaliths of Corcelles–Concise consists in four menhirs with a height of 1.50 to 2.50 metres, arranged in a trapezoidal configuration. Only three of them are authentic, the fourth had been erected in 1843 to replace a standing stone disappeared in the late Eighteenth century. The Eastern menhir has about 12 cupmarks with a diametre of 3 to 9 cm. In 1994, excavations revealed the existence of two other menhirs buried in a pit filled with pebbles, in the extension of the South and East menhirs. According to some studies, one of the axis between the stones seems to be aligned with the sunrise at winter solstice, another axis with the sunset of the same day. A third axis seems to be aligned with the sunrise at summer solstice. Moreover the site of Corcelles-Concise seems to be aligned to the moonrises as well, making it an ancient astronomical observatory, indicating major astronomical events. -- source link