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Mane Lud Dolmen
Date Added: 17th Oct 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4

Mane Lud dolmen submitted by greywether on 30th Jun 2005. The massive broken granite capstone over the chamber (8.5 x 4.9m).
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Log Text: This is currently one of the few passage graves/dolmens in the Locmariaquer area that you can get inside... at least legally. Several others have been fenced off and posted with official government warning signs urging visitors to keep out for safety reasons and view from a distance.
As for access, I parked at a public layby and lot located at 47.57362, -2.95311 off the Voie des Megalithes and walked a signposted dirt trail about 200 m east to what looks like a private paved driveway. Turn left here and walk a few more meters east on the driveway. The large knoll to the right is the tumulus. Walk up the hill and the huge chamber capstone should appear shortly, next to a Camping Interdit sign.
Mane-Rethuel Dolmen
Date Added: 18th Nov 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3

Mane-Rethuel dolmen submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2004. Dolmen de Mane-Rithual in central Locmariaquer viewed from North. Entrance is at oposite end.
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Log Text: This site is accessible via a short signposted trail west off of the Ruelle du Bronzo. The bigger challenge is finding a spot to park as the street (more like an alley) is densely residential and narrow with very limited parking. If you proceed farther south on the same road, the street widens with more parking spaces near the Chapelle Saint Michel. I parked here and walked back along the alley to the signposted trail (and later to visit the Motte de Beurre site nearby)
Unfortunately, as others have noted, the passage grave is fenced off for safety reasons and can only be viewed from the outside. It is not clear if or when the interior will be stabilized sufficiently to re-open the site.
Menhir La Motte de Beurre
Date Added: 19th Nov 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3

Menhir La Motte de Beurre submitted by regina on 12th Nov 2014. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: Parking is problematic as the menhir is located in a small park squeezed in between two houses in a densely packed residential alley. My solution was to park farther south where the alley widens to a real street near the Chapelle St Michel with on-street spaces. It is not a long walk from there to either Mane Rethuel Dolmen or the menhir.
The menhir is broken with the base still in the ground and the other half recumbent. It was originally 7.4 m in length, including the part below ground level. One face of the base has engravings but they are darkened with age and hard to see.
Pierres Plates (Locmariaquer)
Date Added: 20th Nov 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

Pierres Plates (Locmariaquer) submitted by ermine on 27th Jun 2004. Les Pierres Plates
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Log Text: This is an allee coudee (angled passage grave) with a number of unique decorated stones. It sits on a bluff overlooking the sea, which becomes an extensive shellfish flat when the tide goes out.
Sadly, nothing much has changed regarding interior access. A low rope and sign discourage interior access to the passage and chamber, although they don't outright forbid it. Moreover, this is a very popular beach and there are always people milling around even during the off season. Had there been less "people presence", I might have been tempted to sneak inside, but I behaved myself.
Parking is at a beach lot maybe 200-300 yds away. A trail leads from there to the bluff edge, and it is a short walk to the right to the site.
Menhirs de Mané er Hroëck
Date Added: 22nd Nov 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Menhirs de Mané er Hroëck submitted by regina on 17th Nov 2014. Standing menhir
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Log Text: I looked for the two menhirs described in the text and at the location given. Didn't definitively find either of them. However I did find a standing (actually leaning) menhir about 60 mtrs south of the location that didn't really look the same as the original photo (see my photo). The whole site looks quite different now with extensive lawn mowing and clearing of the grounds, so it's still possible that it's the original standing menhir with a lot of the overgrowth removed.
Mané-er-Hroëck tumulus
Date Added: 22nd Nov 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4

Mané-er-Hroëck tumulus submitted by greywether on 30th Jun 2005. The modern entrance to this underground chamber.
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Log Text: This is one of the large Carnacean tumuli (see St Michel Tumulus and Tumiac for similar structures). Like Tumiac, the mound covers a rather modest stone burial vault which was originally covered, never meant to be re-opened. Except that it was, in the 20th century, when a stone passage and stairway were added to access the vault.
Unfortunately, official state notice was posted at the vault stairway in February or March of 2024 that access into the passage is now "interdit" (forbidden) due to safety concerns and potential rock slides. It is not roped off, but you now enter at your own risk, legal and otherwise. I didn't bother ;-). There is little to see other than the tumulus itself, which is impressive, and at least one menhir a short distance away from the mound on the side opposite the entrance.
There is a parking pulloff very close to a signposted trail head which leads in about 100 m to the tumulus. The entrance is a few more meters to the right beyond an information sign.
Gavrinis Cairn
Date Added: 24th Nov 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by markj99 on 26th Sep 2023. Carved recesses in a carved stone in the chamber of Cairn de Gavrinis viewed from South-East.
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Log Text: This is probably the most famous and best preserved decorated Neolithic passage grave in Europe. Not much to add regarding visit details that others have not already mentioned. The site is only accessible via boat and a guided tour. Boats leave regularly during the summer and early fall months from various port around the Gulf. I happened to embark from Larmor Baden and there is a large free parking lot next to the ticket office. The boat ride to the island is about 15 minutes. From the dock on the island, it's a brief climb up the hill to a small visitors center where a less brief lecture is given by the guide, primarily in French, although I was able to ask a few questions in English. From there, the small group walked around the cairn and was allowed 5-10 minutes to view the passage and chamber. Photography is allowed, but be prepared to work fast !
Er Lannic
Date Added: 27th Nov 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4

Er Lannic submitted by 43559959 on 15th May 2014. Er Lannic and it's birds.
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Log Text: As noted by others, Er-Lannic is a bird sanctuary and access to the island is forbidden. I went on the combo trip that included the full Gavrinis tour and a boat circuit of Er-Lannic. However I quickly discovered the limits of a smartphone camera to take decent telephoto shots and most of the photos already here are far better than mine. I'll add a few, but pretty limited.
Tumiac tumulus
Date Added: 28th Nov 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3

Tumiac tumulus submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Nov 2004. Tumulus de Tumiac, otherwise known as Butte De Cesar is the first noticeable site on the southerly Presqu’ile de Rhuys, on the way to Arzon. No serious attempt has been to date this large pile of rocks, but it is largely in the state it was in 2050 years ago, when it was first mentioned. Gaius Julius Ceasar allegedly used it as a command post, from which to survey troop movements and fleets while concluding the Gallic wars but it predates his appearance by over 2,000 years. This is a somewhat ...
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Log Text: This is another very old Carnacean tumulus covering a rather small stone burial vault at the bottom of the structure. The vault itself has been inaccessible to the public for quite some time, as was originally intended with these types of tombs.
As others have noted, access to the mound is via a several 100 m easy, maintained path from a parking layby that is easy to miss if you blink at the wrong time ;-). The same information sign is in the layby.
There is a field adjacent to the hedged path that allows clearer photography, so I approached the mound from here.
The tumulus is quite large, about 50 m in diameter by maybe 10-15 m high according to Burl, but it looked significantly longer to me. One thing I noticed in Sept 2024 is that much of the mound has been stripped of vegetation and surrounded by a modern wooden slat fence (see photos/videos). Further, the mound appears to be dug into or heavily slumped in spots. It's possible this is some kind of ongoing stabilization project, although I saw no signage to this effect.
Bilgroix allée couverte
Date Added: 28th Nov 2024
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5

Bilgroix allée couverte submitted by dt44 on 21st Mar 2010.
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Log Text: This is an allee couverte just to the northwest of Arzon and close to the end of Boulevard de Bilgroix. It is in a small park nestled among local residences. You could probably park right next to it on the street (an option for mobility-impaired visitors), but I chose to park about 100 m farther in a big lot at the point and make the easy walk back to the site.
Kerbougnec Cromlech
Date Added: 1st Dec 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5

Kerbougnec Cromlech submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jun 2006. Found in amongst the houses of St-Pierre-Quiberon, this is nowadays a large semi circle of about 40 contiguous stones, average height about 1.8 metres.
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Log Text: This cromlech is now an arc of about 40 large closely spaced standing stones that possibly was much larger once upon a time. However, the entire site is smack in the middle of the densely housed village of Kerbourgnec on the Quiberon Peninsula, so undoubtedly that has taken a toll on the original site.
Parking for me at least was a breeze, as empty spaces were available on Rue de Cromlech right next to the site. For the mobility impaired, this site can probably be viewed without having to leave the vehicle. The site itself is in a small public park.
St-Pierre-Quiberon Alignement
Date Added: 2nd Dec 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

St-Pierre-Quiberon Alignement submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jun 2006. Out on the Quiberon Peninsula, near to the Kerbourgnec cromlech can be found a pleasant little park with the remains of these alignements in it.
The stones are of all shapes and sizes, up to 4 metres tall. There's a lovely curved "sharks fin" in front of me as I sat and wrote this, and a diamond to my right. These stones are wonderful, and its lovely to be able to just sit amongst them.
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Log Text: Very picturesque site of approximately 25 stones aligned in 5 rows, in a public park in the midst of an attractive housing subdivision. It is not a long walk from the parking for the Kerbourgnec Cromlech, so I left the car there and set off north down the Rue de Cromlech. In maybe 100 meters, there is an obvious pedestrian trail on the right flanked by hedges which leads in roughly another 100 m to the park and the site.
Kerbourgnec Alignements
Date Added: 2nd Dec 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 3

Kerbourgnec Alignements submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jun 2006. There seemed to me to be several very clear lines of rocks stretching out into the sea in parallel rows. I believe I could see at least seven rows of rocks from where I sat on the bottom of the steps down to the beach.
Fantastic!
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Log Text: The beach where these sea-based rows were located is a short walk down an alley directly east from the St. Pierre Quiberon alignments.
Alas, timing is everything and the tide was simply too high to spot much, but the beach is very scenic. I've seen aerial views that certainly suggest there are multiple rows extending out into the ocean, plus they've been confirmed by sonar and other studies.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Petit Mont
Date Added: 2nd Dec 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3

Petit Mont submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Dec 2004. Petit Mont in Arzon, dating to about 4600 BCE at the earliest, is one of the most significant Cairns in Britany, but unfortunately one of the most brutaly vandalized. In 1942, German troops built a bunker and Flak emplacement into the South East Corner of the cairn, which compeltely destroyed one of the chambers and caused the collapse of the second one pictured above, which has since been restored. The megalithic entrance is sought to be an addition from Gallo-Roman times. All pictures have be...
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Log Text: An important Neolithic site with two extant passage graves in good condition and a large surrounding cairn. It has a complex construction and restoration history, and has suffered much use and abuse (particularly in WW2) over the millennia.
Entrance is via paid admission and guided tours are available in season but I was informed that they are only offered in French at the moment. However, unlike Gavrinis, I was allowed unescorted and unimpeded access to the bunker museum, the grounds, and the interior of both passage graves.
Parking and getting to the site was a little tricky, as construction was going on in the parking lot and there was no obvious signage pointing the way to the site from there. But there is a 300m trail in the back of the lot that leads to the ticket office and information kiosk. The parking area is located at the end of the Rue du Petit Mont.
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 !