Mormont
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Le Mormont, is a hill rising to an altitude of 604 metres above both the villages of Éclépens
and La Sarraz
, canton of Vaud, between Yverdon-les-Bains
and Lausanne
, in Switzerland
.
through the Lake of Geneva), from the valley of the Orbe
, tributary of the Rhine, through the Lake of Neuchâtel, the Thielle
, the Lake of Bienne and the Aar.
and moorland
(old high German muor, moor = moorland, marshland).
en and horses were found, meddled with vestiges of ceramic bowls, Celtic and Roman coins, receptions in bronze, jewellery, iron tools, metallic slag and numerous stony grinding wheels.
Eclépens
Eclépens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Eclépens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.2% is forested...
and La Sarraz
La Sarraz
La Sarraz is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:La Sarraz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.0% is forested...
, canton of Vaud, between Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district...
and Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Watershed between the Rhone and the Rhine Basins
Le Mormont separates the valley of la Venoge (the only canton of Vaud river that flows into the RhoneRhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
through the Lake of Geneva), from the valley of the Orbe
Orbe (river)
The Orbe is a river of the Rhine basin. It starts in France and flows to Switzerland to finally flow into the river Aar. On the final leg of its course, it takes the name Thièle or Thielle...
, tributary of the Rhine, through the Lake of Neuchâtel, the Thielle
Thielle
The River La Thielle is a tributary to the Aare River, in the Swiss Seeland."La Thielle" results of the merging of the river Orbe and river Talent, Northeast of the little city of Orbe in the Swiss Canton of Vaud...
, the Lake of Bienne and the Aar.
The Entreroche canal
In the 17th Century, the Entreroche canal was dug out through the Mormont. It was necessary to enable water transportation between the Rhone and the Rhine rivers, connecting the Venoge to the Lake of Neuchâtel. All those disaffected works have now disappeared under the outgrowth of vegetation.Origin of the name
Its origin remains uncertain, although the first syllable ‘’mor’’ seems to come from a pre-Celtic root, under the denomination of ‘’maru’’ in the ancient sanscrit, meaning both mountainMountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
and moorland
Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils and heavy fog...
(old high German muor, moor = moorland, marshland).
Celtic sanctuary
About a century B.C., the Mormont hill hosted a Celtic sanctuary consisting of 260 pits dug into the earth. Human skeletons in a folded position, isolated skulls, bones of oxOx
An ox , also known as a bullock in Australia, New Zealand and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals more tractable...
en and horses were found, meddled with vestiges of ceramic bowls, Celtic and Roman coins, receptions in bronze, jewellery, iron tools, metallic slag and numerous stony grinding wheels.
Sources and references
- http://www.archeoplus.ch/agora3/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=153#p119 fr: Le sanctuaire celtique de Mormont
- http://www.horizons-et-debats.ch/index.php?id=309 fr: Le Mormont Grandeur et misère d’un sanctuaire helvète
- http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=200001&sid=7087787 fr: Vaud: Le Mormont: Sanctuaire celtique
- http://books.google.com/books?id=icIYBKgQvjAC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Montagne+Mormont&source=bl&ots=c49snRSF67&sig=pEPXk1Guc59Bgm0KxzckxV-cbhA&hl=en&ei=6IuiSoyEJYPqmgPcj9mqAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=Montagne%20Mormont&f=false fr: Montagnes romandes: à l'assaut de leur nom