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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.
Er Lannic
Date Added: 26th Sep 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Ambience 3
Er Lannic submitted by 43559959 on 15th May 2014. Er Lannic and it's birds.
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Log Text: I sailed past Er Lannic on the way to Isle de Gavrinis so I suppose that counts. However I was on the starboard of the boat (right-side) so I wasn't able to get a good picture.
Tumiac tumulus
Date Added: 26th Sep 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Tumiac tumulus submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Nov 2004. Tumulus de Tumiac, otherwise known as Butte De Cesar is the first noticeable site on the southerly Presqu’ile de Rhuys, on the way to Arzon. No serious attempt has been to date this large pile of rocks, but it is largely in the state it was in 2050 years ago, when it was first mentioned. Gaius Julius Ceasar allegedly used it as a command post, from which to survey troop movements and fleets while concluding the Gallic wars but it predates his appearance by over 2,000 years. This is a somewhat ...
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Log Text: I stumbled across Tumiac Tumulus while waiting for the Petit Mont Cairn to open; Mad dogs and Scotsmen go out in the midday sun. I saw the mound on the horizon and experienced the usual gravitational attraction. A path to Tumiac Tumulus is conveniently located in a lay-by on the E edge of Arzon in a long straight on the D780. The site is closed to the public, a relatively common state of affairs in my experience, so I contented myself with a distant view.
Petit Mont
Date Added: 27th Sep 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Petit Mont submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Dec 2004. Petit Mont in Arzon, dating to about 4600 BCE at the earliest, is one of the most significant Cairns in Britany, but unfortunately one of the most brutaly vandalized. In 1942, German troops built a bunker and Flak emplacement into the South East Corner of the cairn, which compeltely destroyed one of the chambers and caused the collapse of the second one pictured above, which has since been restored. The megalithic entrance is sought to be an addition from Gallo-Roman times. All pictures have be...
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Log Text: It is only 6 euros to access the Cairn de Petit Mont. Given the size and quality of the site that is good value. It includes a group tour in French of the Cairn & Dolmen 3a, which is off limits without a tour guide. I requested some English commentary and the guide was obliging enough to give me a short lecture in English in the chamber. I was also able to take photos.
Dolmen du Grah-Niol
Date Added: 27th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dolmen du Grah-Niol submitted by greywether on 28th Jun 2005. The entrance (facing E).
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Log Text: Yet another frustrating French site! Dolmen du Grah-Niol is surrounded by a low fence denying access. I took some unsatisfactory pictures from the perimeter and left in a huff.
Menhir de Clos-et-Bé 2
Date Added: 27th Sep 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de Clos-et-Bé 2 submitted by regina on 26th Oct 2014. Menhir de Clos-et-Bé 2
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Log Text: I noticed this small standing stone N of Le Net roundabout on the D780. It may be a remnant of a dolmen.
Kermaillard Menhir
Date Added: 27th Sep 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Kermaillard menhir submitted by stollentroll on 21st May 2006. Kermaillard menhir, around 4 metres tall. The menhir shows engravings and cup-marks.
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Log Text: Menhir de Kermaillard is a massive standing stone, sub-rectangular in cross section, measuring c. 1.7m long and 1.2m wide. This dressed pillar rises to a point at c. 4m. There is a square measuring c. 0.6m and a crescent carved in bas-relief on the base of the WSW face. A small axe carved on the left of the square is no longer visible. Proposed carvings on the ENE face are not visible in bright light.
Dolmen dit Lannek-er-Men
Date Added: 28th Sep 2023
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen dit Lannek-er-Men submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2011. This is a little dolmen sat on a green area outside a very pretty house. It has a little oval chamber, 3 metres by 2 metres, with an entrance to the east where there was perhaps once an entrance passageway.
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Log Text: Dolmen de Lannek-er-Men is located in Port Brillac, a small village c. 4 km NW of Sarzeau in Morbihan. The chamber of this dolmen measures c. 3m x 2m x 0.6m. Two medium-sized capstones are supported by several orthostats on the NE and SW sides. There is a large floor slab in the NW half of the chamber.
The dolmen is wedged into a corner against a hedge in a grassy area, used as a car park on my visit. In fact, a BMW bumper was almost touching the dolmen. My picture options were restricted to lateral views.
Saint-Michel tumulus
Date Added: 1st Oct 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Saint-Michel tumulus submitted by DrewParsons on 7th Nov 2009. The locked south west entrance to the tumulus.
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Log Text: Tumulus de St Michel is located on the NE edge of Carnac. Hotel du Tumulus is conveniently located adjacent to the giant mound. A small chapel is perched on the summit of the mound. There are two modern entrances, on the S and W sides, into the two chambers and passages buried within the tumulus. However, these are only accessible on guided tours. Despite the encroachment of modernity, Tumulus de St Michel manages to retain its gravitas.
Ménec alignements
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ménec alignements submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2004. Ménec alignements, north of Carnac, Brittany, France.
View of the Ménec alignements as they were in summer 1987, when you could walk amongst them before they were fenced off, and with an awful lot of erosion going on around them.
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Log Text: A one-way road is now in place adjacent to the Alignements de Ménec. It is possible to walk E from the Maison des Megalithes along the Alignements de Ménec but you must drive W along the road following the stone rows. It is a c. 4 km walk E along the Carnac alignments. After visiting Alignements de Ménec and Toulchignon I elected to return to the Maison des Megalithes. I drove the loop to Alignements de Kermario Car Parking to continue my tour.
It is possible to take the Petit Train or several other Carnac alignment tours located on the approach to the Maison des Megalithes. Parking at the Maison des Megalithes is free.
Maison des Mégalithes
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2023
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Maison des Mégalithes submitted by johnstone on 30th Sep 2022. Public folder
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Log Text: Maison des Megalithes is free to enter. Information on the Carnac Alignments is available. There is a short film running in a loop with English commentary available and displays illustrating the Carnac Alignments. It is both a good preparation and a good starting point for the enigmatic Carnac Alignments.
It is possible to take the Petit Train or several other Carnac alignment tours located on the approach to the Maison des Megalithes. Parking at the Maison des Megalithes is free.