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Ty ar Boudiquet Dolmen
Trip No.31 Entry No.3 Date Added: 1st May 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ty ar Boudiquet dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 29th Oct 2004. Brennilis Dolmen, an Allee Couvert still partially buried under its mound.
Found just outside the small village of Brennilis, about halfway between Brasparts and Huelgoat in western Brittany
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Traonigou alignement de menhirs
Trip No.31 Entry No.36 Date Added: 24th Jul 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2003. 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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St-Guinec menhir
Trip No.31 Entry No.8 Date Added: 6th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
St-Guinec menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Oct 2010. The 6 metre tall St-Guinec menhir, (Menhir du Cloître) seen in it's garden situation in 2005
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Saint-Gonvarc'h menhir
Trip No.31 Entry No.41 Date Added: 24th Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Saint-Gonvarc'h menhir submitted by Martin_L on 31st Jan 2009. Menhir Saint-Gonvarc'h (Pierre der Saint Gonvarc'h, Menhir de St-Gonveld) is an impressive 6m tall and slender Menhir. Unfortunately it is situated in a field, so direct access is limited. But even the view from a distance is worth seeing (May 2001).
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Prat Meur menhir
Trip No.31 Entry No.18 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Prat Meur menhir submitted by thecaptain on 24th Jan 2009. It is probably 2.8 metres tall and nearly as wide, but less than a metre thick. It is nicely weathered at the top.
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Porz Ar Stréat menhir
Trip No.31 Entry No.17 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Porz Ar Stréat menhir submitted by thecaptain on 24th Jan 2009. It is over 4 metres high and a sort of square section, but tapered at the top, and it has a nice lean.
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Pointe de Guilligui allée couverte
Trip No.31 Entry No.29 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pointe de Guilligui allée couverte submitted by Martin_L on 27th Jan 2009. Site in Bretagne: Finistère (29): Standing beside the lateral passage. What a great site (May 2001)
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Mougau Bihan
Trip No.31 Entry No.1 Date Added: 1st May 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Mougau Bihan submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Dec 2007. View of the eastern side of Mougau Bihan allée couverte, which has been dated to 3000BC.
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Mezdoun menhirs
Trip No.31 Entry No.34 Date Added: 24th Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mezdoun menhirs submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Feb 2012. These two menhirs are both between 4 and 5 metres tall, and have been shaped. They are about 60 metres from each other, on an east to west alignment.
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Menoignon menhir
Trip No.31 Entry No.25 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Menoignon menhir submitted by theCaptain on 5th May 2014. The menhir must be about 8 metres in height, of large girth at the bottom, slowly tapering up to a pointed top.
The southeastern face of the menhir has been worked into an extremely flat surface, of triangular shape, something which clearly took a lot of time to produce.
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Menhir du Guilligui
Trip No.31 Entry No.30 Date Added: 24th Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2003. 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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Menhir de Kervignen
Trip No.31 Entry No.31 Date Added: 24th Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de Kervignen submitted by johnstone on 24th Jul 2019. In the middle of a field, June 17, 2003
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Menhir de Kerhouézel
Trip No.31 Entry No.39 Date Added: 24th Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2003. 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.
My campervan, parked in the field entrance, is the only thing to give any feel for the size of this stone.
Truly a King of Léon.
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Menhir de Kergoarat
Trip No.31 Entry No.19 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de Kergoarat submitted by thecaptain on 1st Dec 2006. Gorgeously shaped 7 metres tall menhir standing perfectly upright on its little headland beyond the Cam Louis beach.
In contrast to its bulbous headed, thirsty neighbour, this fine chap has a face and is wearing a pointy hat, looking out over the sea.
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Menhir de Kerellou
Trip No.31 Entry No.14 Date Added: 7th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Menhir de Kerellou submitted by johnstone on 7th May 2019. Scan from photo negative. Picture taken on June 15, 2003
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Menhir de Creach-Edern
Trip No.31 Entry No.13 Date Added: 7th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir de Creach-Edern submitted by johnstone on 7th May 2019. Along the road, don't mind those cables, June 15, 2003
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Menhir de Coat Mocun (Huelgoat)
Trip No.31 Entry No.9 Date Added: 6th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir de Coat Mocun (Huelgoat) submitted by johnstone on 6th May 2019. Next to the road, a little bit hided, in the neighbourhood of Le Cloître, June 14, 2003
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Menhir d'Irvit
Trip No.31 Entry No.20 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir d'Irvit submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Apr 2011. Just below 4 metres tall, this tapered menhir has a sort of hook at the top of it.
Perhaps it is intended as a washing line post!
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Menez Lié Dolmen
Trip No.31 Entry No.47 Date Added: 24th Jul 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menez Lié dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 22nd Jan 2007. At first view from the road this dolmen looked lost in the middle of a field of wheat, but there is a footpath to it around the edge of the field, and a little clearing is left around it.
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Men-Marz
Trip No.31 Entry No.24 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Men-Marz menhir submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Jul 2005. Men-Marz, the Miracle Stone, 8.5 metres tall, near Brignogan Plage in Brittany.
Photograph taken about 6:15 pm June 21 2005, summer solstice.
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