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Kerlescan Alignements
Date Added: 12th Oct 2024
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Kerlescan Alignements submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2004. Kerlescan Alignements, northeast of Carnac, Brittany.
This picture was taken looking east in 1987, when wandering amongst the stones was OK. I think many of them have been fenced off to try and combat erosion these days. I must go back sometime.
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Log Text: I got lucky and was able to get close access to the alignments via an open gate next to D196. This was in September. One family was actually having a picnic next to one of the rows !
Car parking is available nearby in a public lot next to the equestrian center and there are trails from there leading to either the northern or southern side of the rows.
Kerlescan cromlech
Date Added: 10th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kerlescan cromlech submitted by LizH on 31st Oct 2007. The eastern stones of the western Kerlescan cromlech. The stones touch each other and face across (N-S) rather than being aligned E-W as the rows are.
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Log Text: Kerlescan cromlech is probably the most intact of the main alignment cromlechs stretching from Menec through Kerlescan. Many of the stones on the south, west, and particularly the east sides are still in place. The northern stones are gone. Normally the area including the Kerlescan rows is fenced off in the summer, but I lucked out in Sept when I discovered later that one gate was open.
Even when closed, there are trails next to the equestrian center that get you close to stones on the western side and at various cleared spots along the fence there are vistas that allow photography of the other sides from a distance.
Car parking is available in a public lot next to the private equestrian center on the D196
Tertre du Manio
Date Added: 10th Oct 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024
Tertre du Manio submitted by karolus on 9th Jan 2019. Le Manio 2 Menhir. The tumulus is much earlier than the alignments, which go right over it.
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Log Text: I searched for this tertre at the location given and found nothing. The site is an unlikely one on a heavily wooded steep slope.
I could be wrong, but I suspect this record is in fact referring to Manio 1 (see Burl), a tertre that was overlaid later by the Kerloquet (Manio) alignments. The description here is nearly the same as that given in the Alignments of Kerloquet entry. Its coordinates are actually 47.60114, -3.05598.
Alignement de Kerloquet
Date Added: 10th Oct 2024
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Alignement de Kerloquet submitted by aolson on 24th Jul 2020. The central groomed portion of the alignment
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Log Text: Just west of the low wetland (formerly a reservoir), the Kermario alignments end on a bluff. They then seem to resume on the hill just east of the wetland as a much smaller separate site called the Kerloquet (or Manio) alignments. It's possible these alignments were unbroken and continuous in antiquity.
Parking is the same as that for the Manio Quadrilatere, right off D196. See that log for details. A trail heads up the hill and parallels the northern rows of the alignments.
La Dame Du Manio
Date Added: 9th Oct 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
La Dame Du Manio submitted by karolus on 24th Jun 2018. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: Located as described, about 20 m NW of the Pierre Carree along a narrow footpath
La Pierre Carree
Date Added: 9th Oct 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
La Pierre Carree submitted by karolus on 24th Jun 2018. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: Located as described, about 20-30 m west or southwest of the Geant du Manio on a narrow footpath.
Geant du Manio
Date Added: 9th Oct 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 2
Geant du Manio submitted by rw1 on 3rd Mar 2008. 09/2007
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Log Text: An impressive menhir and one of the bigger ones in the Carnac area. However, the ground trampling and erosion is considerable due to foot traffic, and for that reason I deducted points for Ambience. Like the Quadrilatere 50 m away, this stone is surrounded by both a stone wall and low rope fence, both of which are apparently ignored by many despite some signs discouraging a closer approach in the interests of preservation.
I kept my distance and took a few photos. Perhaps I've been overly sensitized by the reality of certain vandalized and abused prehistoric sites in the U.S. and don't want to see a similar outcome here :-)
For parking and trail access, see my Visitor Log entry for the Quadrilatere de Manio.
Le Quadrilatere
Date Added: 9th Oct 2024
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Le Quadrilatere submitted by rw1 on 3rd Mar 2008. 09/2007
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Log Text: Site is accessible via an 0.7 km forest trail north from a parking lot. The lot is located directly across the D196 from the trail, at a low wetland spot just below where the Kermario alignments end and the Manio (Kerloquet) alignments begin.
Kerloguen Cross
Date Added: 8th Oct 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Kerloguen Cross submitted by stonetracker on 7th Oct 2024. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: Right on the north side of the Crucuno road on the way to the Crucuno dolmen. There is a layby across the street.
Rather eroded condition and age is unclear, but unmistakably a depiction of a crucifixion.
Kermario Alignements
Date Added: 7th Oct 2024
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Kermario alignements submitted by rw1 on 20th Jan 2008. 09/2007
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Log Text: What can I say that hasn't already been said ? Astounding site and still one of many unsolved mysteries.
On a more mundane note, there are many ways to explore these alignments. For me, parking at the large lot near the Kermario Dolmen and walking the southern rows from there to the Old Windmill viewing tower and then back along the northernmost row provided the most satisfying on-the-ground experience. But be advised that it's a fair trek !
Kermario Dolmen
Date Added: 7th Oct 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kermario Dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2004. Kermario Dolmen, north of Carnac, Brittany.
View of the Kermario Dolmen which is right at the southwest corner of the Kermario Alignements, and right in the corner of the road which skirts the site.
This picture was taken in 1987 when people were free to wander amongst the stones as they pleased. The terrible erosion caused by all the visitors is only too obvious.
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Log Text: Park in the large public lot at the western end of the Kermario alignments. This is a good base to explore both the dolmen and the Kermario alignments.
Cromlech du Menec-Est
Date Added: 7th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cromlech du Menec-est submitted by postman on 29th Dec 2012. Very overshadowed by the multiple rows of stones the remains of this once large stone circle now partly inhabit some locals garden. jammy begger.
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Log Text: It's a short walk west from the parking lot near the jct of the D119 and D196 (see visit log for Toulchignan Alignments for details). Like Toulchignan, the site is fenced off. I was (I think) able to make out some of the western stones of the cromlech. The stones are clearly closer together and oriented more north-south than the alignments.
Alignements de Toulchignan
Date Added: 6th Oct 2024
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Alignements de Toulchignan submitted by johnstone on 3rd Oct 2022. Really standing in rows, June 28, 2022
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Log Text: This is a small extension of the easternmost Menec alignments, ending in a mostly ruined cromlech. Like Menec, they are fenced off in the summer months.
Although it's a lengthy hike from the Maison des Megalithes, I chose the shorter option of parking in a lot located just off of the D196, about 300 m east of its junction with the Carnac to Auray Road (D119). The alignments and cromlech are a short walk along the D119 fence line from there.
Maison des Mégalithes
Date Added: 6th Oct 2024
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Maison des Mégalithes submitted by johnstone on 30th Sep 2022. Public folder
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Log Text: This is the starting point of megalithic discovery in Carnac for many. It's a visitor center with some exhibits, although the interpretation of the stone alignments themselves is not particularly detailed. The scale models of the Manio Tumulus and Kermario Dolmen are nicely done, The introductory video is also well executed and delivered in multiple languages. The book and gift store is definitely worth a look.
Ménec alignements
Date Added: 5th Oct 2024
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ménec alignements submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2004. Ménec alignements, north of Carnac, Brittany, France.
View of the Ménec alignements as they were in summer 1987, when you could walk amongst them before they were fenced off, and with an awful lot of erosion going on around them.
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Log Text: Access to this most famous of the Carnac alignments is so well documented that I won't rehash it here. I found that parking at the Maison des Megalithes lot and walking the fence line from the Menec Cromlech east and then looping back west was the best and easiest way to see it for those who can walk a fair distance. There are many other ways to do it, including organized tours and mini-trains.
Ménec cromlech
Date Added: 5th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ménec cromlech submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Dec 2004. The Cromlec de Menec marks the westernmost extent of the Carnac Allignments. It basically starts on the road that separates it from the allignments, goes through a private garden, through the end of the village and ends in a creperie.
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Log Text: I parked in the main lot for the Maison Des Megalithes and walked west, taking a right at the roundabout onto a paved lane that leads north to a small village and the creperie. Within 100 m you will see the unmistakeable menhirs of the cromlech on both sides of the lane.
You can get nice glimpses of the cromlech running through private gardens by simply walking down the little village byways to the west. I did not walk on creperie property but spotted a pretty intact section in there from a distance.
Menhirs de Keriaval
Date Added: 5th Oct 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Menhirs de Keriaval submitted by aolson on 25th Jul 2020. Three of the eight menhirs that are listed for this site, although some of the others may have disappeared.
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Log Text: Located 3 or 4 menhirs of the original 8 in a field about 50 m south of the passage grave along the trail. The area is fenced off and discourages further exploration.
Mané Keriaval
Date Added: 4th Oct 2024
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Mané Keriaval submitted by ermine on 30th Jun 2004. Morbihan, Carnac area
47.61535N 3.083378W WGS84 GPS onsite
You'd be forgiven for thinking this is a dolmen, and it is locally listed as such, but Burl sets you right. These stones were originally a passage grave with an earth mound on top
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Log Text: I walked south across the D768 from the Mane Kerioned parking area along the Keriaval road (watch traffic !). Took the first left after the Master bowling center down a somewhat muddy lane which angles left past some obvious menhirs in a field. The passage grave is in a clearing about 50 m past that point.
Site is very clear of overgrowth and in good shape.
Mané-Kerioned Dolmen
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. Mané-Kerioned dolmen
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Log Text: Located virtually right next to the north side of the busy D768. Parking is available on Rte de Quelvezin near its junction with D768 and the well-maintained site is a 100 m walk via a woods trail.
La Table du Sacrifice
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
La Table du Sacrifice submitted by LizH on 6th Nov 2007. In this picture, the furthest north stone (lying) can be seen. Behind it, however, at the back of the picture, this stone looks more as if it could be a 'table' and even possibly a 'sacrifice table' in the minds of those who named it. I am not sure which one is the official 'Table du sacrifice'.
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Log Text: In the midst of the largest upright Geants are 2-3 huge, recumbent stones. It's anyone's guess which one qualifies for the Table du Sacrifice. But it's all good !