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Pierre Longue (Bain-de-Bretagne)
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pierre Longue (Bain-de-Bretagne) submitted by Dipo on 24th Apr 2008. La Pierre Longue is 4.8 m tall
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Menhirs du Sel
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhirs du Sel submitted by Dipo on 14th Apr 2008. Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Log Text: I noticed that these rather unassuming menhirs were on a website for Brittany tourism, so we decided to check them out as they were on our route. While they are nice, it is a bit of a mystery why the website would chose this site as one of about. five megalithic sites in all of Brittany to be featured.
La Pierre des Fées
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
La Pierre des Fées submitted by Dipo on 24th Mar 2008. Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Log Text: Surrounded by tall corn this year, the menhir was still visible and imposing from quite a distance.
Sévéroué menhir
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sévéroué menhir submitted by johnstone on 10th Mar 2018. The two monoliths at about 30 metres distance, June 26, 2013
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Log Text: Even after losing menhirs to St. Just and Pipriac, this village seems dotted with them. Unfortunately, due to the widening of the D177 we weren't able to get to some we had seen on the satellite pictures.
Sépulture de Bécihan
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Sépulture de Bécihan submitted by aolson on 2nd Aug 2020. The most likely remains in the area, in the process of further destruction by the trees.
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Log Text: Not much to see - we had to walk back and forth along the road for a while to try to determine which pile of rocks was the most likely to be the remains of a megalithic site. This one is located just inside a pasture.
Pierres Droites (Monteneuf)
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Pierres Droites (Monteneuf) submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Jun 2007. The true extent of these stones was only discovered in the last 20 years or so after a forest fire, yet this set of aligned menhirs is probably one of the most important in France.
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Log Text: Wonderful site, far better ambience than the Carnac alignments. The interpretive signs and reconstructions based on archaeological findings are very interesting.
Menhir Le Bignon
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir Le Bignon submitted by regina on 26th Jun 2016. Menhir Le Bignon
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Log Text: I wonder if the farmer appreciates what he gets to see as he works his field.
Menhir Fourchu
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir Fourchu submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Sep 2013. This is a nice menhir stood at the side of the road just to the east of Lezonnais. It is about 3.5 metres tall, 1.5 metres wide and only 0.3 metres thick, and has a nicely forked shape at the top, hence its name, and a sort of nose on one side.
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Log Text: Extremely overgrown, with the large stone covered in ivy, and the smaller ones lost in the ferns and brambles. (Not a good place to wear shorts I learned the hard way.)
Les Bordouès
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Les Bordouès submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Jun 2007. Excavations at this small allée couverte in 1976 found amongst other things five polished axes.
Much of its oval mound still remains.
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Le Passoir Menhir
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Le Passoir Menhir submitted by ogham on 31st Aug 2013.
The menhir located in the car park.
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Lande de Rousse
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Lande de Rousse submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Jun 2007. Deep into the forest is what looked to me to be a row of fallen menhirs, with one large rock still protruding from the ground.
It wouldn't surprise me if there was another row here, like some of those at the nearby Pierres Droites, or perhaps something like La Pièce Couverte.
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Log Text: We found another row running roughly NE / SW at 47.88779, -2.20002, so it may be part of the same alignment as The Captain said.
La Roche Blanche
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
La Roche Blanche submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Jun 2007. This is a nice shining white quartz block within a circle of local schist stones.
It is thought to probably mark the grave of an individual, rather than being a collective grave.
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Log Text: Just what it says, a white rock. It is however nicely tended, and when we were there in July it was surrounded by blooming shrubs.
La Pièce Couverte
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
La Pièce Couverte submitted by negus on 13th Sep 2014. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
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Log Text: It is possible to drive fairly close, depending how much dust / mud you are willing to get on your vehicle.
La Loge Morinais
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
La Loge Morinais submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jun 2007. La Loge Morinais viewed here from the entrance lobby at the eastern end.
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Log Text: Well worth the walk. We met quite a few people on the path, although we were the only car in the parking lot. Industrious walkers, those French!
La Loge au Loup
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
La Loge au Loup submitted by stollentroll on 14th Dec 2005. Dolmen La Loge au Loup.
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Log Text: Wonderful place to visit. Interesting to see a different style of structure.
Grand Breuil Menhir
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Grand Breuil menhir submitted by theCaptain on 7th Jul 2011. The stone is about 3 metres tall, and in a little grassy area beside the road junction.
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Log Text: For being so large and so close to the road, this menhir is quite hard to find. What was once a nice grassy area is now fully overgrown with brushy trees that stand taller than the stone. If you know it is there and were to look, you can catch glimpses of it through the greenery.
Dolmen dit des Tablettes
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 4
Dolmen dit des Tablettes submitted by greywether on 28th Jun 2005. Dolmen dit des Tablettes
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Log Text: At least they are trying to preserve it, rather than what was done in centuries past.
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal)
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Grotte-aux-Fées (Tréal) submitted by greywether on 27th Jun 2005. From NW. June 1994 - shortly after it was restored.
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Log Text: Quite nicely reconstructed. Impressive length and proportions.
Cimetière St. Just
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Cimetière St. Just submitted by irundarra on 19th Apr 2012. St. Just (Îlle-et-Vilaine)
3 standing stones.
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Bodel Menhir
Date Added: 1st Aug 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bodel menhir submitted by Ogham on 1st Aug 2012. Bodel menhir is set in a valley surrounded by fields.
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