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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sainte-Barbe alignementCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Auray Nearest Village: Plouharnel
Latitude: 47.608800N Longitude: 3.1333W
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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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
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.
Base Mérimée (Historic Monument 1889)
Base Mérimée (Historic Monument 1923)
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