<< Our Photo Pages >> Men-Marz - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Men-Marz Alternative Name: Men Bras, Pontusval Menhir Christianisé, Brignogan MenhirCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lesneven Nearest Village: Brignogan-Plage
Latitude: 48.670300N Longitude: 4.3352W
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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bishop_pam visited on 2nd Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 16th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Had to bring Dad to see this fantastic menhir which is found to the north of Brignogan-Plage village and found by following plentiful signs. Men-Marz is set in a nice little area which has an information centre across the road with lots of informative boards.
At more than 8.5 metres high it is said to be the fourth largest menhir still standing in France. It is a strange shaped beast as are the natural rocks around here and looks to be a thin and straight beast when seen from front and back but is a sort of triangular shape when seen from the sides with multiple cavities and ledges in the sides.
The stone has suffered from Christianising vandalism on at least two occasions as it not only has a granite cross mounted on the top but there is also an engraved cross on the south-eastern corner about 1.5 metres from the ground. This stone has many legends attached to it which seem to get a bit mixed up and confused. There is a ledge high up on the south side which today had a lot of loose stones on it, attached to which are legends concerning marriage or childbirth. Both myself and Dad failed to land our stones on the ledge!
TheCaptain visited on 21st Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 What a wonderful and fantastic menhir this is easily found to the north of Brignogan-Plage village by following plentiful signs. Men-Marz (the Miracle Stone in Breton) or Men-Bras (Grand Stone) is now set in a nice little area a previously close built house having been bought and demolished by the state and has a good information centre across the road with lots of informative boards.
At between 8.2 and 8.5 metres high depending upon where it is measured on the sloping ground it is said to be the fourth largest menhir still standing in France. It is a strange shaped beast as are the natural rocks around here and looks to be a thin and straight beast when seen from front and back but is a sort of triangular shape when seen from the sides with multiple cavities and ledges in the sides.
The stone has suffered from Christianising vandalism on at least two occasions as it not only has a granite cross mounted on the top but there is also an engraved cross on the south-eastern corner about 1.5 metres from the ground.
This stone has many legends attached to it which seem to get a bit mixed up and confused. There is a fairly flat ledge high up on the south side with several loose stones sitting on it. There seems to be two stories attached to this and the habit of throwing up pebbles onto it. One of the stories has it that young girls wanting to get married go to the stone and throw up a pebble. If the stone lands on the ledge and doesn’t fall down then she will be married within the year. This story is also told in a slightly different form in that young newly wed couples go to the stone and throw up a pebble and if the pebble lands and stays on the ledge then they will have an heir before the year is out. One throw only obviously. To this day newly wed couples come to this stone straight after the service.
While there I took my chances and threw a stone up and it did indeed stay up on the ledge. I do not know what this now has in store for me !
johnstone visited on 16th Jun 2003 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.75 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
At between 8.2 and 8.5 metres high, depending upon where it is measured on the sloping ground, it is said to be the fourth largest menhir still standing in France. It is a strange shaped beast, as are the natural rocks around here, and looks to be thin and straight when seen from front and back, but is a sort of triangular shape when seen from the sides, with multiple cavities and ledges in the sides.
The stone has suffered from Christianising vandalism on at least two occasions, as it not only has a granite cross mounted on the top, but there is also an engraved cross on the south-eastern corner about 1.5 metres from the ground.
This stone has many legends attached to it, which seem to get a bit mixed up and confused. There is a fairly flat ledge high up on the south side, with several loose stones sitting on it. There seems to be two stories attached to this, and the habit of throwing up pebbles onto it. One of the stories has it that young girls wanting to get married go to the stone and throw up a pebble. If the stone lands on the ledge, and doesn’t fall down, then she will be married within the year.
This story is also told in a slightly different form, in that young newly wed couples go to the stone, and throw up a pebble, and if the pebble lands and stays on the ledge, then they will have an heir before the year is out. One throw only, obviously. To this day, newly wed couples come to this stone straight after the service.
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