<< Our Photo Pages >> Bringnerault Alignement - Standing Stones in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bringnerault Alignement Alternative Name: Trois Menhirs (Hédé), Alignement de BringueraultCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Rennes Nearest Village: Bazouges-sous-Hédé
Latitude: 48.297661N Longitude: 1.760804W
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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johnstone visited on 8th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain have visited here
In an open field beside a little lane running south from the D.22 to Bringnerault, can be seen a couple of standing stones. I was expecting 3 menhirs in a north – south line, of which only one is standing, but I found much more in this granite landscape.
Pretty much as per description, I found stone No.1 is indeed 3.2 metres long and fallen, with stone No.2 2.2 m tall leaning, but standing about 8 metres south of No.1. Stone No.3 is indeed about 90 metres south of No.2, but it is more than 2 metres tall and standing. I could see no carvings in its top, but it looked like the top was broken off and laying at the foot of No.3.
I also found another stone, which I shall call stone no.6, at least 1.5 metres long, fallen and mostly buried about 50 metres north of stone No.1, and in alignment with the other three. Also, less than 10 metres north of stone No.3 in the alignement, is visible the top of a stone, maybe a stump of a previous stone in the alignment. Further to the south of stone No.3 is now a pond, and around this pond are placed bits and pieces of other stones, maybe broken pieces of stones from the alignement. On the far side of the pond, about 80 metres south of No.3 and in alignment with the other stones, is a large stone, 2 metres plus in length.
I would expect that here was once a much more substantial alignement of menhirs. If I had a lot more time, I have no doubt that other stones could be found under the long grass and other growth within this field.
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