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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kerlescan North CromlechCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Carnac Nearest Village: Kerlescan
Latitude: 47.605800N Longitude: 3.0511W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Paths through the wood were difficult to see and it was not easy to be sure what we had found. However, eventually we came across stones now mounted in a more modern wall. These were about 90 metres north east of the Kerlescan menhir, as Burl says the stones are (we were able to confirm this as we struggled out).
The stones of the cromlech are quite big, but it is not possible to see far or to follow the lines of the stones, or indeed even the wall. However, it does appear to curve slightly in the northern direction. Burl says that 36 stones still stand - and this may be the case. The site was thick in trees and gorse and difficult underfoot.
The stones themselves were not very dramatic and I ask myself whether it was worth it and I'm not sure it was! We spent a long time looking, some of it uncertain what we were looking at, and found not very much. No-one else was there though (not surprising really). I wouldn't recommend it.
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