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Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 28 December 2004  Page Views: 4284

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Brest  Nearest Village: Porspoder
Latitude: 48.497500N  Longitude: 4.7507W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
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bishop_pam visited on 5th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 20th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The two St Dénec menhirs are standing in a field near to the farm of St Dénec. Both are about 3.5 to 4 metres high, but they are not nicely shaped and smoothed like most of the menhirs around here. There is also a rather large menhir like stone laying at the foot of one of the menhirs, and there are other large stones laying in the fields nearby. I wonder if there was once a lot more here in the way of alignements? On closer inspection of the fallen stone it can be seen that it has carvings on it. Two axes and a couple of the bishops crook shaped symbols (crosses). I was glad I went back for a second look after missing this first time round.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4.67

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by johnstone : Nicely maintained and a new fence, July 4, 2024 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The two St Dénec menhirs are standing in a field near to the farm of St Dénec. Both are about 3.5 to 4 metres high, but they are not nicely shaped and smoothed like most of the menhirs around here.

There is also a rather large menhir like stone laying at the foot of one of the menhirs, and there are other large stones laying in the fields nearby. I wonder if there was once a lot more here in the way of alignements?

On closer inspection of the fallen stone it can be seen that it has carvings on it. Two axes and a couple of the bishops crook shaped symbols (crosses). I was glad I went back for a second look after missing this first time round.
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Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by theCaptain : The two St Dénec menhirs are standing in a field near to the farm of St Dénec. Both are about 3.5 to 4 metres high, but they are not nicely shaped and smoothed like most of the menhirs around here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by theCaptain : There is also a rather large menhir like stone laying at the foot of one of the standing menhirs, and there are other large stones laying in the fields nearby. I wondered if there was once a lot more here in the way of alignements? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by johnstone : The big one in front, July 4, 2024 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by theCaptain : The two St Dénec menhirs are standing in a field near to the farm of St Dénec. Both are about 3.5 to 4 metres high, but they are not nicely shaped and smoothed like most of the menhirs around here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by johnstone : The smaller one in front, July 4, 2024 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by regina :

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by regina

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by regina

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by regina

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by regina

Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs submitted by regina

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by pab : October 2014, close-up of the north-eastern menhir, to show its wonderful texture and construction.

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by pab : Saint-Denec menhrs - as noted by Captain, one of the stones is anything but smooth. This photo shows the top of the north-eastern stone, looking as if there must have been quite a weakness in its structure. Visited, October 2014

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by pab : October 2014, with the crops just recently taken in, viewing was very easy - unfortunately I hadn't done my homework properly so hadn't realised there was a bit of carving to look for. Sorry Captain (your 2012 posting..)

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by pab : Saint-Denec alignment, visited October 2014

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by pab : Saint-Denec menhirs - with 5ft marker for scaling. Visited October 2014

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by theCaptain : An attempt to bring out the carvings in the flat stone by fiddling with the brightness and contrast. The two hafted axes (like a cross †) can be see a bit clearer here, approximately central, with the shafts upright, the axe blades pointing to the right. One of the "crosse" (crooks, like a c) to the left of them. Iam sure somebody else could do better!

Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by theCaptain : There is also a rather large menhir like stone laying at the foot of one of the menhirs, and there are other large stones laying in the fields nearby. I wonder if there was once a lot more here in the way of alignements? On closer inspection of the fallen stone it can be seen that it has carvings on it. Two axes and a couple of the bishops crook shaped symbols (crosses). Not clearly seen in ... (1 comment)

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Re: Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs by Anonymous on Tuesday, 31 January 2012
or perhaps a better streetview here

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all the hedges have been severely cut since I was there!
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Re: Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 31 January 2012
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