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<< Our Photo Pages >> Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua - Stone Row / Alignment in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by Ogham on Sunday, 15 July 2012  Page Views: 2823

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Ploermel  Nearest Village: Chapelle-Caro
Latitude: 47.880248N  Longitude: 2.388606W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua submitted by Ogham : (Vote or comment on this photo)
This small alignment had been reported by L. Marsille in 1909 in the Bulletin of the Society Polymathique of Morbihan and it was recorded that they could still count on the ground four menhirs in an alignment to the northeast.

Today all that remains are a large quartzite menhir lying on the ground more than 5 metres long. The other three were recorded to be of shale with an average length of 2.50 metres but have now disappeared.

It is right on the road opposite a water tower.
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Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua submitted by Ogham (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua submitted by Ogham : The remains of the alignment seen from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua submitted by Ogham : As seen from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua submitted by Ogham : (Vote or comment on this photo)

Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua submitted by oldman : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua
Alignement dit le Pas de Gargantua submitted by Ogham : All that now remains of this alignment is this one stone.

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