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Kerivoret Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.504 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Kerivoret dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 20th Jun 2014. This is a nice looking dolmen sitting in a pleasant field behind the houses. It is signposted from the road, and has a path to it from behind the houses, where there is room to park.
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Log Text: This is a nice looking dolmen sitting in a pleasant field behind the houses. It is signposted from the roan, and has a path to it from behind the houses, where there is room to park. The chamber is about 3 metres long, less than 2 metres wide, and created with a good back stone and two large side slabs each side. There are other stones at the open end, perhaps an entry corridor or a broken front slab. The capstone is a nice piece of granite, and overhangs the sides considerably in places, being about 4 metres across in each direction.
Saint-Denec Alignement de Menhirs
Trip No.203 Entry No.508 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Saint-Denec alignement de menhirs submitted by theCaptain on 31st Jan 2012. There is also a rather large menhir like stone laying at the foot of one of the menhirs, and there are other large stones laying in the fields nearby. I wonder if there was once a lot more here in the way of alignements?
On closer inspection of the fallen stone it can be seen that it has carvings on it. Two axes and a couple of the bishops crook shaped symbols (crosses). Not clearly seen in picture.
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Log Text: The two St Dénec menhirs are standing in a field near to the farm of St Dénec. Both are about 3.5 to 4 metres high, but they are not nicely shaped and smoothed like most of the menhirs around here.
There is also a rather large menhir like stone laying at the foot of one of the menhirs, and there are other large stones laying in the fields nearby. I wonder if there was once a lot more here in the way of alignements?
On closer inspection of the fallen stone it can be seen that it has carvings on it. Two axes and a couple of the bishops crook shaped symbols (crosses). I was glad I went back for a second look after missing this first time round.
Mezdoun menhirs
Trip No.203 Entry No.507 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Mezdoun menhirs submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Feb 2012. The eastern of the two looks to have been broken and was possibly once much bigger.
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Log Text: Two menhirs in a field of growing sweetcorn, so getting close enough to get details was not easy. These two menhirs are both between 4 and 5 metres tall, and have been shaped. The further east of the two looks to have been broken and was possibly once much bigger. They are about 60 metres from each other, on an east to west alignment.
Dolmen de Men-Milliget
Trip No.203 Entry No.510 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Men-Milliget submitted by theCaptain on 4th Feb 2012. It's chamber is made with a large backstone and two side slabs, with remains of other stones, but it is partially buried in the dunes.
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Log Text: Men Milliget or the St Gonvel dolmen is a pleasant little dolmen living on the landward side of a headland sticking out into the ocean. It's 3 metre by 2 metre chamber is made with a large backstone and two side slabs, with remains of other stones, but it is partially buried in the dunes. The strangely shaped capstone is known as Men Milliget (Roche Maudite, Bad rock).
Saint-Gonvarc'h menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.511 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 2
Saint-Gonvarc'h menhir submitted by thecaptain on 24th Jul 2009. The Pierre de St Gonvarc'h, or Mez menhir, can be seen across a couple of fields, and is another of the monster menhirs of the Léon region (Kings of Léon?).
Seen here from road along the "uphill" side.
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Log Text: The Pierre de St Gonvarc'h, or Mez menhir, can be seen across a couple of fields, and is another of the monster menhirs of this region (Leon). Comparing it to a nearby cow for size, it must be a good 6 metres tall, and has been beautifully shaped.
Menhir de Kerhouézel
Trip No.203 Entry No.509 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de Kerhouézel submitted by thecaptain on 24th Jul 2009. One of the Léon giants, the Kerhouézel menhir is a fantastic monster menhir, just inland from Porspoder. It must be nearly seven metres high and is fantastically smoothed and shaped.
Looking at these pictures now, several years after visiting, and they do not show the massive size, no do justice to this magnificent manhir. Truly a King of Léon.
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Log Text: The Kerhouézel menhir is another fantastic monster menhir, just inland from Porspoder and signposted. It must be eight metres high and is fantastically smoothed and shaped. I just love these massive stones. I've go to give it a hug ! It is possible that there is a carved symbolon the upper part of the southern face.
Île Melon menhirs
Trip No.203 Entry No.502 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 2
Île Melon menhirs submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jul 2009. View of Ile Melon from the end of the little harbour wall on the mainland.
The remains of two menhirs can be seen to the left of the picture, while the remaining dolmen is at the top of the island.
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Log Text: This is frustrating. There is only 15 metres of water between me and the island from where I sit, but the tide is coming in and the island is not going to get any nearer. There is a dolmen on top of the island, and there are also at least two menhirs further down to the south of the island, and looking towards the shore. I believe that there was once a large menhir here also, which was blown up during the war. Perhaps a swim is needed !
Traonigou alignement de menhirs
Trip No.203 Entry No.505 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Traonigou alignement de menhirs submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jul 2009. The two standing menhirs are about 4 and 5 metres tall, the two fallen ones becoming lost in the undergrowth.
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Log Text: Two fallen and two standing menhirs, which are supposedly aligned on the mid summer sunrise. The two standing menhirs are about 4 and 5 metres tall, the two fallen ones becoming lost in the undergrowth. These stones are signposted, and found just beside the road to the east of the hamlet of Traonigou.
Dolmen de Poulliot
Trip No.203 Entry No.506 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Dolmen de Poulliot submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jul 2009. Pleasant enough little dolmen sitting in a field of crops about 200 metres from the road.
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Log Text: Pleasant enough little dolmen sitting in a field of crops about 200 metres from the road, but with a signpost. The capstone is sitting on three support stones, but I couldn’t get close enough to note any details.
Menhir du Guilligui
Trip No.203 Entry No.513 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir du Guilligui submitted by theCaptain on 20th Jun 2012. About 60 metres to the east of the Guilliguy headland and dolmen, is a little menhir, about 1.5 metres in height.
The well known burial chamber can be seen on the headland beside the cross.
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Log Text: About 60 metres to the east of the Guilliguy headland and dolmen, is a little menhir, about 1.5 metres in height.
Dolmen de Keradiguen
Trip No.203 Entry No.490 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Couldn't find on 19th Jun 2005
Dolmen de Keradiguen submitted by johnstone on 7th Aug 2025. Image June 19, 2025
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Log Text: I was unable to find a parking place near to this, and was thus unable to have a proper look. The road is extremely busy - everyone must be heading out to the beaches. Perhaps I'll try again later.
Alignements de Ty-ar-C'huré
Trip No.203 Entry No.492 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Couldn't find on 19th Jun 2005
Alignements de Ty-ar-C'huré submitted by Kuba on 31st Jul 2021. Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France
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Log Text: I went for quite a walk to look for these, but in the end found nothing. They are at the top of a hill in a wood, protected by lots of gorse and bracken overgrown heathland, with no obvious pathway through.
Kerloas Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.499 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Kerloas menhir submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Jun 2006. Kerloas menhir noticeboard.
Unfortunately theres lots of writing, so it comes out very small !
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Log Text: What a fantastic stone, and easily found near to the old D.5 road to the east of Plouarzel due to many signposts to it. This is the biggest standing menhir in Europe, if not the world, at nearly 10 metres tall, and has lost the top 2 metres after a lightning strike! It towers above all around, and standing as it does on top of a hill, it can be seen from 30 kilometres away.
The stone, which is not local and has been brought to this hilltop site from more than 2.5 kilometres away near the Aber Ildut estuary, has been beautifully shaped, and tapers both into the ground, and up to a point. On the two "thin" sides of the stone are round humps, about 20 cm in diameter about belly high above the ground.
This stone of course has many legends, such as treasure buried beneath it, going to drink at the ocean on the strike of 12:00 on Christmas night, and that newly wed couples should come here on their wedding night to rub the stone lumps for a good future and fertility. In fact, many wedding parties still come here to this day in order to perform this ritual.
It was a pity it was cold and late when I visited, and not good light for photographs. I feel I would like to stay here a while, it has a lovely atmosphere. Maybe I will come back tomorrow.
Dolmen de Rostudel
Trip No.203 Entry No.493 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen de Rostudel submitted by thecaptain on 19th Jan 2007. This little dolmen is out near the southern tip of the Crozon peninsula, but a right pain to find and get to, even though it is just 50 metres from the roadside.
It's surrounded by vicious gorse and brambles which ripped my shirt.
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Log Text: This is a nice enough little dolmen, but a right bugger to find and get to, even though it is just 50 metres from the roadside. Firstly there was nowhere to park nearby, and once you have parked and walked back, the path to the dolmen is badly overgrown with the now obligatory ferns, gorse and blackthorn. Once I managed to get to it, the dolmen has a 2.5m by 2m capstone sitting nicely on three support stones and some vicious brambles which have just ripped my shirt. Ouch! Now to fight the gorse again.
Dolmen de Kerdreux
Trip No.203 Entry No.491 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Dolmen de Kerdreux submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jan 2007. Kerdreux dolmen out on the beautiful Crozon peninsula.
There are traces of its mound, perhaps with a stone surround. In the centre of the mound is the little dolmen with a broken capstone.
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Log Text: Remains of this little dolmen can be found a couple of hundred metres down the track to the west of the hamlet, and then right along the signed footpath. There are traces of its mound, perhaps with a stone surround. In the centre of the mound is the little dolmen with a broken capstone, but one piece is still sitting on a couple of side supports with a chamber underneath it. It is marked on my maps as a menhir, and is a pleasant little find.
Dolmen de Pen-an-Run
Trip No.203 Entry No.489 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Pen-an-Run submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jan 2007. This is a little dolmen on the Crozon Peninsula with a 2.5m by 2.5m capstone sitting on three support slabs, making up part of a hedge.
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Log Text: This is a little dolmen with a 2.5m by 2.5m capstone sitting on three support slabs, making up part of a hedge. It's about 100 metres from the roadside along a track and signposted.
Oppidum de la Pointe de Lostmarc'h
Trip No.203 Entry No.496 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Oppidum de la Pointe de Lostmarc'h submitted by thecaptain on 1st Aug 2009. Just below the big Lostmarc'h headland with the alignements on top, there is a smaller headland which has been defended from the mainland by the creation of two rows of massive banks and ditches protecting it.
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Log Text: Just below the big Lostmarc'h headland with the alignements on top, there is a smaller headland which has been defended from the mainland by the creation of two rows of massive banks and ditches protecting it.
On the headland apart from the inevitable remains of a chapel of some sort, there is also what appears to be the remains of some sort of cairn and burial chamber on the top. It wouldn't be unusual for one to be in such a place. There are 6 stones still sticking out of the ground here about 2.5 metres apart from each other, and stumps of others to be seen, which sort of make a rectangle inside a circular cairn.
It is very windblown here today, and misty which is a bit of a shame. The views would be tremendous on a clear day.
Dolmen de la Pointe de Lost Marc'h
Trip No.203 Entry No.497 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen de la Pointe de Lost Marc'h submitted by thecaptain on 1st Aug 2009. On the headland there is what appears to be the remains of some sort of cairn and burial chamber on the top. It wouldn't be unusual for one to be in such a place.
There are 6 stones still sticking out of the ground here, and stumps of others to be seen, which sort of make a rectangle inside a circular cairn.
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Log Text: Just below the big Lostmarc'h headland with the alignements on top, there is a smaller headland which has been defended from the mainland by the creation of two rows of massive banks and ditches protecting it.
On the headland apart from the inevitable remains of a chapel of some sort, there is also what appears to be the remains of some sort of cairn and burial chamber on the top. It wouldnt be unusual for one to be in such a place. There are 6 stones still sticking out of the ground here about 2.5 metres apart from each other, and stumps of others to be seen, which sort of make a rectangle inside a circular cairn.
It is very windblown here today, and misty which is a bit of a shame. The views would be tremendous on a clear day.
Alignement de Lostmarc'h 1
Trip No.203 Entry No.495 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Alignement de Lostmarc'h 1 submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2009. What I first found of the Lostmarc'h alignements, on top of a headland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, was a line of stones running across the headland.
There are many other stones laying about, perhaps the remains of other rows.
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Log Text: What I could find of the Lostmarc'h alignements, on top of a headland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with a fine surf beach below to the south, was a line of eight stones aligned at an angle of 060°/240° running across the headland. None of the stones are much more than a metre in height, and they are spaced about 6 metres apart from each other. There are several other stones laying about, perhaps the remains of other rows.
Further out on the headland are a lot more stones at N48.2150° W4.5561°. Its hard to make out any clear pattern, but its possibly the remains of at least 4 rows. Further stones can be seen dotted about all over the place. Perhaps this was once a big important centre.
Lostmarc'h menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.494 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Lostmarc'h menhir submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2009. Lostmarc'h menhir stands in a commanding position on a headland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Lostmarc'h alignments.
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Log Text: Now, this is better, on top of a headland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with a fine surf beach below to the south. The menhir is about 2.8 metres tall and in a commanding position, although not at the top, and as a result has a much better view. It can be seen from miles around coming from the south.