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<< Our Photo Pages >> Menhirs de Kerderff - Standing Stones in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 January 2005  Page Views: 5374

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Menhirs de Kerderff
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Carnac  Nearest Village: Carnac
Latitude: 47.594000N  Longitude: 3.0922W
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
4 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
4

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aolson visited on 18th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Along with the impressive menhirs, there is a beautiful memorial garden and tomb just to the north.

johnstone visited on 5th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by aolson : Looking east at the two menhirs. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Two large and important menhirs are to be found in a field to the north of Kerderff. The larger of the two is 5.4 m tall. The smaller one stands 50 m further on.

Wikipedia article Liste des sites mégalithiques du Morbihan

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Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by Ogneslav : The smaller stone from North-West. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by Ogneslav : Kerderff menhirs. In the photo the taller menhir is in the forefront. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by karolus (Vote or comment on this photo)

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by karolus

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by karolus

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by karolus

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by karolus

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by thereddragon : 2661. - Carnac - Le Géant de Kerderff

Menhirs de Kerderff
Menhirs de Kerderff submitted by durhamnature : The Kerderff Giant,5.82 metres according to the caption, with a woman for scale, from "Journal of British Archaeology" via archive.org

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