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Kerbougnec Cromlech
Trip No.203 Entry No.416 Date Added: 21st May 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Kerbougnec Cromlech submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jun 2006. Found in amongst the houses of St-Pierre-Quiberon, this is nowadays a large semi circle of about 40 contiguous stones, average height about 1.8 metres.
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Log Text: Found in amongst the houses of St-Pierre-Quiberon, this is nowadays a large semi circle of about 40 contiguous stones, average height about 1.8 metres. It is however just a small part of the remains of what was perhaps once an egg shaped enclosure, with a diameters of about 95 by 75 metres.
It is to be found just off the main road along the peninsular, and is nowadays surrounding a tennis court in a very quiet little cul-de-sac.
St-Pierre-Quiberon Alignement
Trip No.203 Entry No.417 Date Added: 21st May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
St-Pierre-Quiberon Alignement submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jun 2006. Out on the Quiberon Peninsula, near to the Kerbourgnec cromlech, and towards the town centre and the sea can be found a pleasant little park with the remains of these alignements in it.
The notice says that there are 23 stones in 5 parallel rows, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there were many more dotted about in peoples gardens.
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Log Text: Just beyond the cromlech, and towards the town centre and the sea can be found a pleasant little park with the remains of these alignements in it. The notice says that there are 23 stones in 5 parallel rows, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there were many more dotted about in peoples gardens.
The stones are of all shapes and sizes, up to 4 metres tall. There's a lovely curved "sharks fin" in front of me as I sit and write this, and a diamond to my right. These stones are wonderful, and its lovely to be able to just sit amongst them. Supposedly the lines travel further down and out into the sea, remains of which can be seen at very low tides.
I followed the little lane down to the beach and the sea, and the tide was well out. There seemed to me to be several very clear lines of rocks stretching out into the sea in parallel rows. The earth and soil has obviously been washed away from around the rocks, and they now just sit on the rocky seabed, but lines of them there definitely are. I believe I can see at least seven rows of rocks from where I sit on the bottom of the steps down to the beach. Fantastic! But I'll bet they dont show up well in my pictures though.
Kerbourgnec Alignements
Trip No.203 Entry No.418 Date Added: 21st May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kerbourgnec Alignements submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jun 2006. There seemed to me to be several very clear lines of rocks stretching out into the sea in parallel rows. I believe I could see at least seven rows of rocks from where I sat on the bottom of the steps down to the beach.
Fantastic!
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Log Text: At low tide, from the beach at Kerbourgnec, can be seen the remains of these alignements. More than a dozen rows of stones can be seen, stretching for about 400 metres into the sea. These stones are associated to a cromlech (of which a few of the stones can be seen) and tumulus.
Kerroc'h Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.414 Date Added: 21st May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Kerroc'h dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Feb 2011. A 4 metre by 3 metre capstone sits one end in the air on two supports, while the other side is on the ground. There is one more bit of large stone here, which may be a support, or may be a broken bit of capstone.
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Log Text: A 4 metre by 3 metre capstone sits one end in the air on two supports, while the other side is on the ground. There is one more bit of large stone here, which may be a support, or may be a broken bit of capstone. It would seem that the rest of the stones from this dolmen have been used to build the wall around the house opposite, a strange large gatewayed studio. But perhaps there was once some sort of cromlech here.
Kerroc’h cromlech
Trip No.203 Entry No.415 Date Added: 21st May 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Kerroc’h cromlech submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Feb 2011. Oppsite to the dolmen, the gently arced wall around the house (a strange large gatewayed studio) is made up using many large stones. Was there once some sort of cromlech here, like that at Crucuny?
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Log Text: Oppsite to the dolmen, the gently arced wall around the house (a strange large gatewayed studio) is made up using many large stones. Perhaps there was once some sort of cromlech here, like that at Crucuny, perhaps the wall is made usong large stones from the ruined dolmen.
Fontaine St Michel
Trip No.203 Entry No.412 Date Added: 21st May 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Fontaine St Michel submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jun 2011. Round the back of the massive tumulus there is a nice well with a little well house and offerings area above a clear pool of water slowly bubbling up from the ground.
I have no doubt that this spring has been here for thousands of years and indeed quenched the thirst of the men building the tumulus.
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Log Text: Following the path round the back of the tumulus looking to get a good photograph there was a sign to Fontaine St Michel which I followed. After a few hundred metres there is a nice little well with a little well house and offerings area above a clear pool of water slowly bubbling up from the ground.
I have no doubt that this spring has been here for thousands of years and indeed quenched the thirst of the men building the tumulus. And this turned out to be site 500 in my French stonehunting trip catalogue of site visits. Incredible really that I am seeing hundreds of dolmens and menhirs yet a well gets to be site 500. Probably only my third well !
Carnac Musée de Préhistoire
Trip No.203 Entry No.413 Date Added: 21st May 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Carnac Musée de Préhistoire submitted by rw1 on 4th Mar 2008. 09/2007
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Log Text: There is lots of stuff in here, found at various places in the locality. Some good explanations of the various types of dolmen and tumulus to be found, and some lovely replicas of many of the engraved stones to be found. Seems like I have seen most of these now.
Quiberon menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.430 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Quiberon menhir submitted by thecaptain on 9th Jun 2006. This 5 metre tall manhir is to be found positioned in a little town square near to a war memorial in Quiberon town.
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Log Text: A 5 metre tall menhir is to be found positioned in a little town square near to a war memorial in Quiberon town.
Porz Guen Dolmens
Trip No.203 Entry No.431 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Porz Guen dolmens submitted by thecaptain on 14th Jun 2006. Remains of two dolmens which can be found on the clifftop to the north of the Porz Guen beach on the Cote Sauvage of the Quiberon Peninsula, just a few minutes walk around the spectacular cliff path from various parking places.
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Log Text: Found on the clifftop to the north of the Porz Guen beach on the Cote Sauvage of the Quiberon Peninsula, just a few minutes walk around the spectacular cliff path from various parking places.
These are the remains of two ruined dolmens with entry corridors facing to the south east, probably once within the same large mound, and possibly also remains of a third. The more inland is the most complete, with one capstone surviving on the entry couloir. The chamber is about 3 m by 3 m rectangular and would have been roofed with large corbelled capstones around it, many of which survive. The second chamber is only half there, with some of it now gone over the cliff edge. It has an oval chamber, and a long corridor of which several stones survive. There are other upright positioned stones between the two.
This really is a spectacular place, overlooking a splendid rough sea with surfers out in it below. Excellent.
Kerlutu Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.443 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Kerlutu dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 16th Apr 2012. This is a nice little dolmen sitting in a little mound in some fields just round the back of the houses.
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Log Text: This is a nice little dolmen sitting in a little mound in some fields just round the back of the houses, and a hundred or so metres walk. It's got a 3m by 2.5m chamber, partially made with slabs, partly with drystone walling. It is fully covered by its capstone, and there is no sign of an entrance corridor. This dolmen seems to be kept nicely clear of all undergrowth.
Er Run Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.438 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Er Run dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 21st Jan 2015. This is a sad looking little dolmen in a field of sweetcorn, looking fallen and getting overgrown and unloved.
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Log Text: This is a sad looking little dolmen in a field of sweetcorn, looking fallen and getting overgrown and unloved. It is in a hamlet plagued by mad dogs chasing after me, barking and growling continuously. There is a second dolmen here, even more hidden in the undergrowth.
Botlann Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.437 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Botlann dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 21st Jan 2015. This small dolmen can be found around the back of some new houses at the east of the village of Erdeven
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Log Text: This small dolmen can be found around the back of some new houses at the east of the village of Erdeven, on the road to Ploemel. A 3 metre by 2 metre capstone rests on three supports, with remains of a chamber 2 metres in width. All other remains have gone, but it stands here proudly for the moment, although I suspect that the capstone willl break before too long, looking at the cracks in it.
Menhir du Bourg (Plouhinec)
Trip No.203 Entry No.444 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir du Bourg (Plouhinec) submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jan 2019. While driving from Plouhinec to look for the alignements at Kerzine, I found this 2.5 metre tall menhir, across a field near to a wood behind some houses.
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Log Text: While driving from Pluhinec to look for the alignements at Kerzine, I found this 2.5 metre tall menhir, without a name, across a field near to a wood behind some houses.
Menhir de Goulvars
Trip No.203 Entry No.429 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 4
Menhir de Goulvars submitted by ermine on 8th Aug 2004. This 4m tall granite menhir stands near the Conguel campsite and the Quiberon aerodrome - it extends another 1m into the ground, according to the information board
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Log Text: This massive menhir is now sadly fenced in behind the SNCF holiday complex near to Pointe du Conguel out at the tip of the Quiberon peninsular. It can be found by taking the road beside the SNCF complex until it reaches the grassland behind them, and then taking the trackway to the left. The menhir is hidden behind some large trees and a hedge, and it took me two visits before I found it, my previous visit having taken the wrong track. It really is a lovely stone, well over 5 metres tall and 2 metres in width, and it has been shaped and smoothed. Finding this was a good start to a grotty looking day.
Vieux-Moulin Alignement
Trip No.203 Entry No.433 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Vieux-Moulin alignement submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. Vieux-Moulin alignement
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Log Text: This is a nice little row of 6 menhirs, up to 4 metres in height, standing on the slopes of a field just near to the busy D.781 Carnac to Erdeven road, just to the north of Plouharnel station. These are nicely shaped and positioned stones.
Kerzerho Alignements
Trip No.203 Entry No.435 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Kerzerho Alignements submitted by ermine on 1st Jul 2004. Kerzerho Alignments
Brittany, Morbihan
47.634690N 3.148402W GPS onsite
You can still walk among the stones at Kerzerho (in 2002 at east) which are near Carnac but not quite so busy. Head up the D781 to Erdeven. You can park nearby, and from there you can also take the path to the large stones of the Table du Sacrifice
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Log Text: Such wonderful stones, I just had to stop and wander around them again.
Géants de Kerzerho
Trip No.203 Entry No.436 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Géants de Kerzerho submitted by Jimwithnoname on 26th Sep 2010. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: Fantastic.
Dolmens des Sept Saints
Trip No.203 Entry No.439 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 4
Dolmens des Sept Saints submitted by maengurta on 5th Apr 2008. View from the rear of this petite dolmen.
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Log Text: This is a site which until a few days before I visited would have been completely overgrown, but thankfully has had all the gorse, blackthorn etc cut back and cleared.
What you get is a round mound, about 20 to 25 metres in diameter, with the very ruinous remains of three chambers with entry corridors. The central was probably the largest, but this is not much more than a depression in the mound. The northern still has its capstone and a recogniseable passageway, while the southern has an entry passage with one capstone still in place, but only half of a recognisable chamber.
Kerguerhan Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.442 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Kerguerhan Dolmen submitted by ShamrockStone on 25th Mar 2016. Dolmen de Kergueran - Er Roc'h
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Log Text: This is a pleasant little dolmen sitting in a green area on the outskirts of the village of St Cado near Belz. It has a 3m by 2.5m oval chamber with its capstone still in place, and the first couple of rows of its entrance corridor with a capstone on top of them. Access to it would be possible by car, but my camper van wouldnt fit between the houses and round the corner, so it was a 600 metre walk from the village centre for me.
Rondossec Dolmens
Trip No.203 Entry No.432 Date Added: 23rd May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Rondossec dolmens submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. Rondossec dolmens
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Log Text: This is a remarkably complete monument with three passage dolmens facing eastwards contained within a 20 metre diameter cairn, right near to the centre of the village.
The southernmost chamber is the smallest, a collapsed oval chamber of about 3 m by 2 m with a 5 metre long corridor leading to it, which is still mostly covered. The central chamber is one of those widening of the corridor types, up to 3 metres wide at the back and 5 metres in length, with a 6 metre long corridor. It is all still mostly covered, with two large capstones over the massive chamber.
The northern chamber is rectangular 4 m by 3 m with a 10 metre long entry passageway. It also has a small 2 m by 1 m side chamber off of its southern side, which is very unusual. Although one capstone is missing, the rest are still mostly in place. The two large chambers are high enough to stand up in. This monument had a steady stream of visitors while I was there.