<< Our Photo Pages >> Geant du Manio - Standing Stone (Menhir) in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Geant du Manio Alternative Name: Le ManioCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Auray Nearest Village: Carnac
Latitude: 47.603700N Longitude: 3.056W
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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markj99 visited on 16th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Géant du Manio is a high and handsome standing stone in Manio Forest. The massive menhir reaches up to 6.5m. It is well sign-posted on a forest path c. 40m ESE of Quadratiere du Manio.
brianlavelle visited on 30th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Catrinm visited on 5th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
aolson visited on 17th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Impressive menhir with plenty of visitors.
w650marion visited on 26th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Chrus visited on 1st Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3
TheCaptain visited on 13th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is a 5 metre high menhir, fairly easily found and obviously very popular because of all the erosion around it. It is only 50 metres from the quadrilateral. It’s a very nice stone in the woodland, but I guess it can become a bit of a nightmare when crowded.
johnstone visited on 5th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
X-Ice visited on 16th Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Ogham DrewParsons Martin_L davidmorgan negus have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.44 Ambience: 4.44 Access: 3.67
It is fairly easily found and obviously very popular because of all the erosion around it. It’s a very nice stone in the woodland, but I guess it can become a bit of a nightmare when crowded.
It has been suggested that it was once a part of a massive astronomical alignments system set up in the region, which used the Grand Menhir at Locmariaquer as its central point.
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