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Kilchoan
Date Added: 24th Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Kilchoan submitted by mickm on 14th Apr 2005. Detail of the top of the chamber looking towards the entrance at the NE showing the displaced capstone over a lintel covering the central compartment. The side slabs of the front compartment are visible beyond.
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Log Text: Kilchoan Chambered Cairn is located c. 150 yards NW of Kilchoan Lodge. On my visit there was a herd of bullock around the cairn, churning the grass to mud. The jumble of large stones become a large passage and chamber with time and imagination. The site is off the beaten track but more than rewards the expenditure of energy.
Ardestie
Date Added: 12th Apr 2021
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ardestie submitted by rldixon on 14th May 2009. Ardestrie Earth House july 2006
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Log Text: Ardestie Souterrain is easy to visit but it is a little over-restored and airy for my taste. I prefer a more subterranean experience in keeping with the original site.
Lang Stane o' Craigearn
Date Added: 11th Aug 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3
Lang Stane o' Craigearn submitted by cosmic on 7th Mar 2004. Lang Stane o' Craigearn is at NJ723149. It is a very tall thin standing stone - at least 10 feet high. It is situated on top of a grassed mound behind a house.
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Log Text: I approached the Langstane o' Craigearn from N. Access to the stone is restricted. It appears to be enclosed in a private garden.
Strichen House
Date Added: 19th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Strichen House submitted by Krautrock on 7th Jan 2009. July 2008
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Log Text: Given its chequered history I was unsure about visiting Strichen House Stone Circle. I was pleasantly surprised by the gravitas of this small stone circle.
Althing
Date Added: 10th Apr 2021
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Althing submitted by DrewParsons on 10th May 2010. The Law Rock or Lögrétta is a high rock on European side of the chasm and was the site from which laws were passed and trials conducted. April 2010.
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Log Text: Thingvellir National Park features Almannagjá, a slowly widening chasm between the European and American plates and Lögrétta, the Law Rock that is said to be the first site of Althing, the oldest surviving parliament in the world. Althing was established c. 930 AD.
Borgarvirki
Date Added: 28th May 2021
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 15th Nov 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Access 4
Borgarvirki submitted by KaiHofmann on 15th Apr 2010. Site in Iceland
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Log Text: I was fortunate to visit Borgarvirki Fort on the cusp of Winter, a fresh layer of snow adding atmosphere to an impressive site. Although my visit predated Game of Thrones it seems to me that Borgarvirki could easily have been transported from the icy wastes beyond The Wall.
Dolmen du Crapaud
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dolmen du Crapaud submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jul 2006. Perched on its clifftop, overlooking the sea and a nice sandy beach, from certain angles this dolmen does indeed look like a toad poking its head up.
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Log Text: Dolmen du Crapaud is located on a cliff edge SE of Plage des Granges, S of Pen Lan (Penn Lann). The remains of this site have been much reduced by coastal erosion. The chamber resembles a toad viewed from N, hence the french name Dolmen du Crapaud.
Dolmens des Grays
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dolmens des Grays submitted by thecaptain on 19th Jul 2006. East along the coast from Penlann headland are found the remains of this large cairn.
It is difficult to make anything out nowadays, other than there are lots of large rocks on the remains of a large mound, overlooking the Villaine estuary.
Closer inspection shows this to have once been a large 30 metre diameter cairn, with at least three passage tombs within it, two of which still have a few capstones in position.
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Log Text: Dolmens des Grays is located 5 minutes E along the coastal path starting in Pen Lan Car Park. At first sight the monument is a jumble of stones. There is an interpretation board, suggesting that the cairn consists of an amalgam of 3 separate tombs. It divides the cairn into Tomb A,B & C. They are in the N, SW & SE respectively.
Menhir La Motte de Beurre
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhir La Motte de Beurre submitted by regina on 12th Nov 2014. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: I found the Menhir du Bronzo by following the Sites des Megalithes sign opposite the Tourist Office. The broken menhir is located in a vacant plot on the left of Ruelle du Bronzo. The site has two large stones: the erect bottom half in the SW and the displaced top half lying to the NE. Each half of the broken stone measures c. 6 feet long.
Mane-Rethuel Dolmen
Date Added: 24th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mane-Rethuel dolmen submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2004. Dolmen de Mane-Rithual in central Locmariaquer viewed from North. Entrance is at oposite end.
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Log Text: I followed directions to Dolmen de Mané Rutuel from the Tourist Office in Locmariaquer. After a 5 minute walk, I discovered that the long mound is closed to the public due to safety concerns. I was reduced to walking round a protective fence, making the best of limited views. Mané Rutuel is an impressive monument but a disappointing outcome.
Er-Grah tumulus
Date Added: 24th Sep 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Er-Grah tumulus submitted by JJ on 8th Oct 2003. Er Grah tumulus, Grand Menhir Brisé, and La Table des Marchands, Locmariaquer.
Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon
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Log Text: Er-Grah Tumulus is one of Locmariaquer's big three sites. It is only accessible via the Site des Megalithes Visitor Centre for 6 euros. To be fair, there are three impressive monuments, unrestricted visiting time and free parking so what's not to like?
Er-Grah Tumulus has gravitas but it's long thin footprint make it difficult to capture a definitive image. The undoubted focus is the central tomb with its massive capstone, the cherry on the cake. I decided to walk slowly round Er-Grah Tumulus absorbing its antiquity as I strolled.
La Table des Marchands
Date Added: 24th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
La Table des Marchands submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. La Table des Marchands
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Log Text: La Table des Merchants is one of Locmariaquer's big three sites. It is only accessible via the Site des Megalithes Visitor Centre for 6 euros. To be fair, there are three impressive monuments, unrestricted visiting time and free parking so what's not to like?
La Table des Merchants is a cairn constructed in 1993 around the surviving naked dolmen for the preservation of the antiquity. It was interesting to see the carved rear stone and ceiling in the chamber. However, the new cairn reminds me of the reconstructed cairn at Newgrange. I prefer my ancient monuments unadulterated.
Grand Menhir Brisé
Date Added: 24th Sep 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Grand Menhir Brisé submitted by ermine on 27th Jun 2004. Grand Menhir Brisé, Locmariaquer.
A megalithic tragedy.
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Log Text: Grand Menhir Brise is one of Locmariaquer's big three sites. It is only accessible via the Site des Megalithes Visitor Centre for 6 euros. To be fair, there are three impressive monuments, unrestricted visiting time and free parking so what's not to like?
Grand Menhir Brise consists of four massive recumbent stones which are though to have been parts of one of the largest ever menhirs, measuring c. 20 metres long. There is speculation as to whether the Grand Menhir Brise either broke on erection or as a result of an earthquake or was deliberately toppled. There is archaeological evidence of 19 socket holes forming a giant stone row, with Grand Menhir Brise as an end stone. Whatever the reality, there is no doubt that the Grand Menhir Brise is an impressive antiquity.
Kerpenhir Menhir
Date Added: 25th Sep 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Kerpenhir menhir submitted by thecaptain on 29th May 2008. Splendidly positioned beside the sea near to the Pointe de Kerpenhir, this 3.5 metres tall menhir can be seen in the far hedge of a field, overlooking the entrance to the gulf of Morbihan.
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Log Text: Menhir de Kerpenhir is a massive irregular standing stone on the coast c. 200m N of Société Nautique de Locmariaquer (Locmariaquer Sailing Club). The menhir is c. 3.5m high by 2.5m wide. It is orientated ENE-WSW on its broad faces.
There is a large car park off Route de Kerpenhir on Pointe de Kerpenhir, c. 2km SSE of Locmariaquer. Walk c. 40m N from the Car Park to reach a closed gate on the right. Follow a track W round the coast. After c. 350m turn left along a path. Follow this path W for c. 100m to reach Menhir de Kerpenhir.
Menhirs de Mané er Hroëck
Date Added: 25th Sep 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhirs de Mané er Hroëck submitted by regina on 17th Nov 2014. Standing menhir
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Log Text: I stumbled on the recumbent stone while walking round the tumulus.
Mané-er-Hroëck tumulus
Date Added: 25th Sep 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mané-er-Hroëck tumulus submitted by greywether on 30th Jun 2005. The modern entrance to this underground chamber.
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Log Text: Mané-er-Hroëck tumulus is easily visited via a signed footpath on Rue de Kerpenhir. The chamber entrance is obviously modern but that doesn't detract from the atmosphere in the plain chamber in the centre of the tumulus.
Menhir de Mané er Hroëk 3
Date Added: 25th Sep 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 4
Menhir de Mané er Hroëk 3 submitted by regina on 17th Nov 2014. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: A coastal path starts c. 50m S of the Mane-er-Hrouek lay-by. Walk c. 120m N on the coastal path to glimpse the menhir at the end of a private drive.
Kerlud Dolmen
Date Added: 26th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Kerlud dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 27th May 2008. This is a simple chambered dolmen which has been incorporated into the end of a wall behind a farm in the hamlet of Kerlud.
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Log Text: Dolmen de Kerlud is a ruined monument c. 1km W of Locmariaquer in the small hamlet of Kerlud. Only the massive capstone remains over a chamber reconstructed with dry stone walls.
Pierres Plates (Locmariaquer)
Date Added: 26th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierres Plates (Locmariaquer) submitted by ermine on 27th Jun 2004. Les Pierres Plates
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Log Text: Access to this monument has been restricted by a low fence round the perimeter. There is an official sign denying permission to enter the dolmen. I respected this request reluctantly because I would have liked to see the carved stones in the monument.
Gavrinis Cairn
Date Added: 26th Sep 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Gavrinis Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 24th Aug 2011. With thanks to Françoise Guy whose images they are. (Les photos sont libres de droit pour la presse.)
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Log Text: I travelled to the Cairn de Gavrinis via a pre-booked trip from Port-Navalo with Le Passeur des Iles on a 20 person boat. The journey to the island took around 20 minutes. There was an organised lecture on the Cairn de Gavrinis in French for around 30 minutes before we were allowed to enter the passage in small groups. We were allowed free access to the passage and chamber, which are lit by subdued lighting, for 5 minutes. There were no restrictions on photography allowing me to take some good pictures of the carved stones in the passage and the chamber. The boat was waiting at the end of the tour. I would recommend this trip though I could have done without the extended lecture in French.