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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sainte-Barbe alignement - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 January 2005  Page Views: 7805

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sainte-Barbe alignement
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Auray  Nearest Village: Plouharnel
Latitude: 47.608800N  Longitude: 3.1333W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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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Catrinm visited on 13th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Well worth a diversion - Huge stones at end of this destroyed alignment

aolson visited on 18th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

rrmoser visited on 1st Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 15th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is an interesting and strange place, slightly off the tourist trails to the west of the D.781 Carnac to Erdeven road near to the village of Ste Barbe. It seems to be two long, widely spaced rows of menhirs heading off parallel to each other at 120°, approximately 40 metres apart from each other. At the western end is a row of really massive stones running across between the rows, normal to them, creating a sort of horseshoe shape. There are just 4 stones, but two of them are the biggest standing stones I have seen anywhere, more than 5 metres in height, possibly 4 to 5 metres in width, and up to 2 metres thick. These must have taken some effort to get into position. It has probably all been altered over the years, and walls have been built into it, but its all most impressive. Further walking around makes me think that it might not have been a massive horseshoe shape at all, as the presence of other stones in hedges etc suggests that there may have been more parallel lines of stones, about equally spaced either side. Its an intriguing place. I later read that there was once eight lines of stones here, in what was once a set of alignments of major importance. The weather is horribly humid at the moment.

johnstone visited on 6th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Ogham Jimwithnoname have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.6 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.4

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by greywether : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sainte-Barbe alignements are an interesting and strange place, slightly off the tourist trails to the west of the D.781 Carnac to Erdeven road near to the village of Ste Barbe.

At first, it seems to be two long, widely spaced rows of menhirs heading off parallel to each other at 120°, approximately 40 metres apart from each other.

At the western end is a row of really massive stones running across between the rows, normal to them, creating a sort of horseshoe shape. There are just 4 stones, but two of them are the biggest standing stones I have seen anywhere, more than 5 metres in height, possibly 4 to 5 metres in width, and up to 2 metres thick. These must have taken a massive effort to get into position.

It has probably all been altered over the years, and walls have been built into it, but its all most impressive. Further walking around made me think that it might not have been a massive horseshoe shape at all, as the presence of other stones in hedges etc suggests to me that there may have been more parallel lines of stones, about equally spaced either side.

Its an intriguing place.

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Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by fulupik : Sainte-Barbe alignment, the big stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by fulupik : Sainte-Barbe, left alignment. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Ogham : The alignment to the left of the field. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Ogham : The alignment on the right of the field. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by fulupik : Sainte-Barbe, left alignment.

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Ogham :

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Ogham : The large stones by the road.

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by fulupik : Sainte-Barbe, right alignment

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Catrinm : Consulting The Megalithic European at St Barbe

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname

Sainte-Barbe alignement
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by Jimwithnoname : Difficult to photograph on this day with pouring rain. These are as said before, huge stones Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Re: Sainte-Barbe alignement by Ogham on Sunday, 08 July 2012
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The location of the site is 47° 36.533'N 003° 07.990'W taken on a handheld GPS.
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Re: Sainte-Barbe alignement by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 04 September 2007
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My thoughts have been justified. I have since read that there was once eight lines of stones here, in what was once a set of alignments of major importance.
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Re: Sainte-Barbe alignement by fulupik on Sunday, 02 September 2007
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Co-ordinates alignments 47° 36 32.33 N et 3° 07 59.78 O
Alignment comprises three perpendicular axes
the first with large stones and the two others with normal stones, to see the pictures
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