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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 !
Géants de Kerzerho
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Géants de Kerzerho submitted by Jimwithnoname on 26th Sep 2010. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: The Kerzerho Geants are located about 200 m north of the northernmost alignment row along a signposted easy footpath through a tunnel-like hedgerow. There are actually three separated groups of menhirs. The southernmost group is composed of somewhat shorter stones. The central group farther north represents the true giants, both upright and recumbent. The northernmost group comprises a mix of sizes and orientations and includes one very large upright stone where the path ends at a T junction.
This entire ensemble is oriented roughly north-south, 90 degrees offset from the east-west axis of the main Kerzerho alignments.
Kerzerho Alignements
Date Added: 30th Sep 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 5
Kerzerho Alignements submitted by ermine on 1st Jul 2004. Kerzerho Alignments
Brittany, Morbihan
47.634690N 3.148402W GPS onsite
You can still walk among the stones at Kerzerho (in 2002 at east) which are near Carnac but not quite so busy. Head up the D781 to Erdeven. You can park nearby, and from there you can also take the path to the large stones of the Table du Sacrifice
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Log Text: Entrance is normally via a dirt car park on the east side of D781, right next to a trail passing by the stones. However, the car park was closed off and dug up when I was there, presumably for some construction improvement work. There are a few limited pulloffs on the west side of D781 so I parked there instead.
The alignments straddle D781, with far fewer remaining on the west side of the highway than the east side. Access among the stones on the east side is still unrestricted. It is thought by some that the stones on the west side of D781 are what's left of a cromlech, now long gone
Crucuno Dolmen
Date Added: 30th Sep 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Crucuno dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 22nd Dec 2007. View of the southern side of this massive dolmen, showing clearly its proximity to the farmhouse.
On the right are the last remaining capstone and pair of stones from the long entrance passageway.
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Log Text: Still there and unfenced. Outside of the Carnac alignments this dolmen drew the biggest tourist crowds, even in the supposed off-season. Saw several tour buses pull in on a couple of visits a day apart. Solitude, if any, will be short lived.
Vieux-Moulin Alignement
Date Added: 30th Sep 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Vieux-Moulin Alignement submitted by aolson on 25th Jul 2020. As of July 2020, one of the stones seen leaning in earlier pictures has succumbed. The notice on the fencing basically states that the authorities are contemplating what to do next.
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Log Text: I parked at the hill at Vieux Moulin Menhirs and walked on a path south maybe 200 m across a farm field to this site.
Menhirs le Vieux-Moulin (N)
Date Added: 30th Sep 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menhirs le Vieux-Moulin (N) submitted by Ogham on 8th Jul 2012. The site is marked as menhirs but they are part of the alignment.
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Log Text: There is a signpost "Vieux Moulin" off the D781 that is easy to miss. A dirt road leads a couple hundred meters past a house to a small hill. Park here. The menhirs are a very short easy walk east or south from there.
Mendota Mental Health Institute Effigy Mounds
Date Added: 27th Aug 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mendota Mental Health Institute Effigy Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 22nd Aug 2024. At the far western edge of the Central Mound group is an unusual panther effigy on a rise of land with a curved, upturned tail.
Difficult to photograph, but the forelegs and hindlegs are on the left and right respectively. Head and tail out of view.
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Log Text: As far as I know, public access to the Mendota Mental Health Institute grounds is allowed without permission, although it is recommended that one stop by the Administration Bldg to check in.
To access the Central Group of mounds, park in the large lot northeast of the intersection of Main Drive & Cinder Drive. It is 200 yd walk from there to the bird effigy mounds (see map) via a paved walkway. The upper panther mound is set apart from the others on Cinder Drive. However, there is no parking at that site and the Cinder Drive lot was under construction as of 2024. But it is a relatively easy walk to the upper panther mound from Main Drive or from the other effigies in this group.
To access the Western Group, continue on Main Drive heading west and take a left onto Memorial Drive. The large conical mounds are about 1000 ft further next to the road on the left at Farwell's Pt. I could only find on-street parking, but there was little or no traffic in that area.
Aztalan State Park
Date Added: 9th Aug 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Aztalan State Park submitted by bat400 on 31st Mar 2013. The largest mound at Aztalan is a "stepped" pyramidal structure in the southwest corner of the stockade surround.
This is a partial reconstruction of the site as found in the early 1800's. By the 1920's there had been substantial plowing of the site and significant damage by "pot hunters" and those simply "quarrying" the mounds for fill dirt and the remains of burnt wattle and daub from the original stockade.
Photo by bat400, July 2010.
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Log Text: A very well-maintained hybrid Late Woodland-Mississippian prehistoric site in Aztalan State Park, Aztalan WI. There are two parking lots. One at the south end of the "marker mounds" at the state park entrance provides short and easy trail access to the northwest platform mound. The other larger lot is accessible via a paved road past the main park entrance and is located close to the southwest "temple" mound via a short trail.
The Princess Mound (which I did not visit) is located behind the museum north of the main park entrance.
Nitschke Mounds State Park
Date Added: 6th Aug 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Nitschke Mounds State Park submitted by stonetracker on 7th Aug 2024. Mound 9 - Buffalo or Bear. The head and forelegs are in the foreground.
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Log Text: The effigy mounds are in a county park just 200 yds north of the paved road. Ample parking in a dirt lot with a picnic shelter and interpretation kiosk.
Considering that the park is maintained mostly by volunteers, the condition of the site is surprisingly good. About 2/3rds of the mounds are at least somewhat visible and cleared of trees and shrubs. Native long grass has been left on the mounds to discourage walking over them. A short trail system weaves in and out among the mounds and is regularly maintained by mowing. The remaining 1/3 of the mounds still need to be cleared off and the trail system extended to include them. They are mostly in a wooded area at present. Interpretation and signage at each mound is sparse, so I assume this is a work in progress. There is a bit more information at the entrance kiosk.
Effigy mounds by their very nature tend to be low profile and hard to photograph. This is particularly the case at Nitschke where erosion has really taken its toll. So my photos and videos are limited to just a few of the biggest and most visible mounds.
Picnic Point Effigy Mounds
Date Added: 6th Aug 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 3
Picnic Point Effigy Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 6th Aug 2024. Map showing layout of the five-mound main group
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Log Text: The mounds are on a peninsula in Lake Mendota on conservation land owned by the Univ of Wisc. They are accessible via the Lakeshore Trail. Parking is available at the trailhead for a fee. The first group of 5 mounds is about a 1/4 mile level walk from the lot, next to and just north of the trail. The last conical mound is another 600 ft east along the trail and just to its south.
Unfortunately site maintenance seems to be cyclical at best. I was unable to find or positively identify any of the mounds due to summer overgrowth, suggesting that non growing seasons may present better viewing opportunities. There was also no obvious interpretation signage. However, Andrew Khitsun (the owner of the Wisconsin Mounds site) has posted a few photos with most of the overgrowth and some trees removed from the mounds. They are undated but I assume they are at least post-2000.
Obviously they have been better maintained in the past than currently.
Governor Nelson State Park Effigy Mounds
Date Added: 5th Aug 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3
Governor Nelson State Park Effigy Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 2nd Aug 2024. One of the conical mounds right on the Woodland Trail. I was able to locate 3 of them.
Unfortunately none of the mounds is well maintained and large trees have been allowed to grow on some of them. Invasive plants will likely overwhelm the rest without a change in policy. In fairness, the park has a history of vandalism, including stolen signs and broken fencing, which makes preservation challenging.
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Log Text: This Late Woodland site is in a state park on the west shore of Lake Mendota near Madison WI. Parking and trail access at the south entrance near Borchers Beach Rd. There are two sites. The conical mounds are 1000 ft north of parking on the Woodland Trail. The large panther effigy is maybe 100 yds north of the conicals.
At least some of the conicals are visible but being rapidly consumed by invasive plants. The panther mound is completely overgrown in summer and I wasn't able to see much. Maybe in fall or winter? There was another restored panther at Camp Wakanda but I was unable to find it.
Pikes Peak State Park Effigy Mounds
Date Added: 1st Aug 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Pikes Peak State Park Effigy Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 31st Jul 2024. Closeup of the river confluence. The flat ridge to the right is the location of the Sentinel Ridge effigy mounds in Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin.
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Log Text: There are 5-6 clusters of effigy mounds scattered on ridges throughout the park.
Two of them are relatively short hikes from the main south entrance parking lot: Hickory Ridge (via Hickory Ridge Trail) and Deer Ridge (behind the campground or via the southern part of the Bridal Veil Trail). Additionally a bear mound and small conical are visible about 200 yds north of the park concession booth via a paved walkway. These are the only ones I was able to visit on this trip as the others are a longer hike.
Most of the mounds in the park are linear or conical. Unfortunately there is no official printed map showing mound locations. However, you can get a copy of a hand-marked map from the visitor center at Effigy Mounds NM.
Burrows Park Mound
Date Added: 31st Jul 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Burrows Park Mound submitted by stonetracker on 30th Jul 2024. As with all effigy mounds, they are hard to photograph. This is the bird's head looking towards the northern wing.
They have finally allowed native grasses to grow on top of the mound, which is good. However, there are still large trees right in the middle of the mound, which isn't so good.
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Log Text: This is in a public park in Madison on the eastern shore of Lake Mendota. A large parking lot provides easy access and the effigy is situated a short walk up the bluff to the east.