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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cromlech de Lann Pen ar LanCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Brest Nearest Village: Ouessant
Latitude: 48.462670N Longitude: 5.037566W
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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Lampaul, Ouessant, Brest, Finistère, Brittany
Source: T4T35.fr
"The stone circle of the peninsula of Pen ar Lan, which has an ovoid shape (a "megalithic egg" made up of 18 blocks of 0.60 m to 1 m high, connected by a slope makes it a small wall stones, drawing an ellipse of 13 m in the east-west by 10 m in its north-south axis), was perhaps a prehistoric astronomical monument; Another assumption made safe megalithic sepulchral. In the center were two menhirs that have disappeared. The site was excavated in 1988 by archaeologists and Jacques Briard Michel Goffic"
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15m N 350° Lann Pen ar Lan menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
529m SW 236° Alignement de Lann Pen ar Lan Stone Row / Alignment
4.1km SSE 151° Dolmens de l'ÃŽle-de-Bannec Burial Chamber or Dolmen
6.4km SE 142° Dolmen de l'ÃŽle-de-Balanec Burial Chamber or Dolmen
9.0km SE 140° Dolmens de l'ÃŽle-Molène Burial Chamber or Dolmen
9.3km SE 133° Dolmen de Ledenez Vian Kemenez Burial Chamber or Dolmen
9.8km SE 143° Menhirs dit Amer Sud Standing Stone (Menhir)
9.8km SE 142° Menhirs du Moulin Sud Standing Stones
12.4km SSE 146° Dolmen de l'ÃŽle de Triélin 1 Burial Chamber or Dolmen
12.4km SE 146° Dolmens de l'ÃŽle de Triélin 2 Burial Chamber or Dolmen
13.5km SE 131° Tumulus de Lédénez-Vian Burial Chamber or Dolmen
13.6km SE 131° Affleurement à Cupule de l'ÃŽle-de-Ledenez-Vian Rock Art
13.6km SE 136° Dolmen et Pierres couchées de Beg ar Groas Burial Chamber or Dolmen
13.7km SE 136° Menhir de Beg ar Groas Standing Stone (Menhir)
13.7km SE 136° Tumulus de Beg ar Groas Burial Chamber or Dolmen
13.8km SE 132° Dolmen de Lédénez-Vraz Burial Chamber or Dolmen
14.2km SE 134° ÃŽle de Quéménes megalithic ensemble Standing Stones
18.4km SE 133° Cromlech de l'ÃŽle-de-Béniguet Stone Circle
18.5km SE 137° Cairn de l'ÃŽle de Béniguet Burial Chamber or Dolmen
18.6km SE 136° ÃŽle de Béniguet menhirs Stone Row / Alignment
18.6km E 98° Tumuli de l'ile Ségal* Barrow Cemetery
19.4km E 83° ÃŽle Melon Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
19.4km E 83° ÃŽle Melon menhirs* Standing Stones
19.4km E 83° ÃŽle Melon grand menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
19.9km ENE 79° Dolmen de Kerizella* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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