This site is now very different to what it was when I last visited almost 20 years ago. Back then there was just the broken pieces of stone near the roadside. Now it has all been excavated and tidied up / restored, fenced off, got a visitor centre (with a good selection of books) and of course you have to pay (about €4) to get in !
The latest theory for the 23 metre long Grand Menhir is that it was once an end stone in a row of 19 giant menhirs, which stood for only one or two hundred years. Then, for some reason, the menhirs were all toppled over and broken. The 19 socket holes have been excavated, and can be seen.
The remains of many of the other stones were re-used as capstones etc for many of the large tombs and dolmens built round here, and many of these stone pieces are visible today, one of which makes the capstone for Mane Rethual.
Another of the giant stones forms the covers to three significant tombs, the nearby Table-des-Marchands and Er-Grah, and the 2 km distant (and across the water) Gavrinis. This is known because the stones have carvings on them, which can be seen to have once been one and the same, like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
This really is an amazing collection of megaliths, and anyone with an interest should visit.
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