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The rounded side of the menhir was damaged by weathering but outlines can still be seen.
The lower part of the flat side, engraved from left to right, was recently excavated but has already been vandalized.
The Kermaillard menhir at Sarzeau is a fine, granite monolith about 5 m long.
Initially the stone was found lying horizontal and only the rounded side displaying many cup marks two half-erased sub-parallel lines, could be seen.
A few years ago the menhir was raised, revealing the other side, almost completely flat.
The ornamentation on the concealed side, protected from the weather, was well preserved. The whole width of the lower part of the stone was engraved from left to right with a small handled axe, a square cartouche and a large crescent (possibly a derivation of the horn-shaped motif).
Unfortunately, no direct dating of the ornamentation is possible.
Still, the square cartouche without a 'beak' seems more similar to those found in gallery graves than to the passage tomb shields.
This would indicate that the Kermaillard menhir is a Late Neolithic illustration of the line of earlier decorations where the main neolithic divinity was represented with its power symbols.