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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ménec cromlechCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Auray Nearest Village: Carnac
Latitude: 47.591600N Longitude: 3.0862W
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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Catrinm visited on 6th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 The west cromlech visible at the creperie
johnstone visited on 28th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Chrus visited on 1st Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
MartinJEley visited on 16th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 The cromlech and the way the village has grown in and around it reminded me very much of Avebury in England. It was fascinating to walk around the village and to discover stones in all sorts of places.
TheCaptain visited on 12th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Curving around the Creperie at the western end of the Menec alignements, this almost contiguous semicircle of stones really is splendid, and most people who visit the nearby stones do not know that it is there, or think that it’s a wall. All sorts of other bits of the cromlech can be found in between the buildings of the Menec hamlet. This place really is magic without the people.
ShamrockStone neolithique02 Andy B MegalithJunkie have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.4 Ambience: 4.2 Access: 4.6
Curving around the Creperie at the western end of the Menec alignements, this almost contiguous semicircle of stones really is splendid, and most people who visit the nearby stones do not know that it is there, or think that it’s a wall. All sorts of other bits of the cromlech can be found in between the buildings of the Menec hamlet. This place really is magic without the people.
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