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Toenno menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.565 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Toenno menhir submitted by thecaptain on 10th Mar 2007. This little menhir now gets a drink most days at high tide, as it is situated in the marshes at the edge of the sea, and a high tide surrounds it.
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Log Text: This little menhir now gets a drink most days at high tide, as it is situated in the marshes at the edge of the sea, and a high tide surrounds it. The menhir is less than 2 metres tall, but it is pleasantly shaped. It can be reached easily from a nearby track and carpark.
Dolmen de Lann Kerellec
Trip No.203 Entry No.564 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 4
Dolmen de Lann Kerellec submitted by thecaptain on 11th Mar 2007. The remains of this allée couverte are situated in somebody's garden in the northern part of Trébeurden along the hilltop coast road, but it can be seen through the fence and over the wall from the roadside.
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Log Text: This dolmen is situated in somebody's garden, but it can be seen through the fence and over the wall from the roadside. It is probably the remains of an allée couverte.
Trois-Tables-en-Place
Trip No.203 Entry No.563 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Trois-Tables-en-Place submitted by theCaptain on 26th Jun 2012. What a lovely situation this is in, out in the sea amongst all these rocks and islets. The island itself is now a nature reserve. This is a smashing place, and well worth the effort of a visit.
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Log Text: The Trois-Tables-en-Place is a bit of a monster allée couverte, on the little island of Ile-Milliau which is reachable by foot only an hour or so each side of low tide. It is situated on a low flat spot just behind the farm buildings, in pretty much the middle of the island.
It has three capstones still on top of the upright supports, hence it's name, and there is at least another one fallen at the eastern end. It is about 14 metres long by 2 metres wide, and more than 2 metres high, with more than enough room to comfortably stand up inside.
What a lovely situation this is in, out in the sea amongst all these rocks and islets. The island itself is now a nature reserve and the previous buildings are uninhabited. This is a smashing place, and well worth the effort of a visit. There are rabbits hopping around everywhere, but a pity it has started to rain.
Saint-Uzec menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.562 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Saint-Uzec menhir submitted by thecaptain on 15th Jan 2005. Saint-Uzec menhir.
More than 6 metres tall, this menhir was carved in 1674 when the nearby chapel was built.
As one guide book said at the time, the menhir is decorated with the roughly hewn instruments of passion !
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Log Text: Signposted from all around, and with its own parking area, this is a truly massive menhir in all senses. It must be about 6 metres tall or more, and impressively bulky in its other dimensions also. But its crowning glory is the granite cross on top, and also the tremendous carvings on its front (southern) face, which show scenes from the bible and the "roughly hewn instruments of passion". In the past it was also painted.
The menhir's back face is lovely and weather worn, with lots of grooves running down it where the rain has run down. It is set in a little stone area complete with a little pillar for offerings. Outside the stone setting is a nice little garden area, with a tremendously colourful display when I was here - poppies, hydrangea, stocks and many others I did not know. This is a smashing place to visit, so long as you avoid the coach parties that are regularly brought here.
Menhir a Vertu
Trip No.203 Entry No.561 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Menhir a Vertu submitted by thecaptain on 6th Jul 2005. Menhir a Vertu, right outside the front door of St Samson chapel.
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Log Text: Oooh errrr, this one's a bit rude ! This is a wonderful little menhir, less than 2 metres tall, but a tremendous phallic shape, which was no doubt recognised by the ancient people. It has been revered so much over time that it is still standing erect, and indeed has had a chapel built with its front door no more than 8 metres from the stone, and opening directly onto it. This place has been christianised not only by the chapel, but the head of the menhir has at some point been attempted to be shaped into a cross, but in some ways this just accentuates the phallic nature of the stone.
At the time of my visit, there was a little offering of flowers and sea shells placed very neatly on a little ledge at the base of the stone. This is very definately one for the ladies, and no doubt has great powers.
St Samson Chapel well
Trip No.203 Entry No.560 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
St Samson Chapel well submitted by Ural on 26th Dec 2012. Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France
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Log Text: Just to the north of the St Samson chapel is a splendid little spring and well house, with clear water bubbling up from within it.
Trémarche menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.559 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Trémarche menhir submitted by thecaptain on 27th Feb 2007. 3 m tall menhir set into a little gravel area at the side of the D.11 road beside the junction at Trémarche, a few kilometres to the south of Trégastel.
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Log Text: Pleasant enough menhir set into a little gravel area at the side of the D.11 road beside the junction at Trémarche a few kilometres to the south of Trégastel. It's about 3 metres high, of rectangular section, and made from a nice pink granite.
Kerguntuil allée couverte
Trip No.203 Entry No.558 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kerguntuil allée couverte submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. Allee couverte from the NE. The entrance is on the right.
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Log Text: Just about 100 metres upslope from the Kergunteuil dolmen can be found its neighbouring allée couverte, also signposted and kept in a little area. This one again has been incorporated into a field wall at some time in the past, which has no doubt ensured its survival.
It is 8 metres in length, oriented at 070° and has 4 capstones covering the 1.5 metre wide, 1 metre high chamber. The entrance is at the northwest end in the side, but I am not sure if this is the original. Inside the chamber are a few stones with engravings on them, one being particularly spectacular in the middle of the northern side. On it is a row of 6 pairs of outstanding spheres, most of which have a U shape carved beneath them, and which are interpreted as pairs of breasts. There is also another pair higher up. Several "palette" shapes are also carved, and several other symbols. The stone adjacent has a sort of crescent on it. A boat perhaps ? This is an excellent place to visit.
Kerguntuil Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.557 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Kerguntuil dolmen submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. There are two sites here: a dolmen and a more interesting allee couverte.
Photo shows dolmen with allee couverte in the background. Taken June 1994.
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Log Text: This is a large single chambered dolmen, easily found and signposted, and kept in a little fenced off area in a field. It has at times in the more recent past as both a stable and a house. The chamber is about 5 metres by 2 metres, and a good 2 metres in height, all covered with a single large capstone. Three large side supports remain, but the others have been broken up and made into large block walls around the chamber.
There is evidence of a fireplace with chimney, an oven, a doorway with hinges and windows, all created with the stones. Quite a desireable residence in its time, no doubt, and a pleasant and interesting place to visit nowadays. It is still partially below ground level, and much of its mound remains behind it, at the west side.
Keryvon allée couverte
Trip No.203 Entry No.556 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Keryvon allée couverte submitted by thecaptain on 27th Feb 2007. Right beside the D.788 road from Trébeurden to Trégastel, is the remains of what initially looks like a dolmen, but is part of what was once an allée couverte.
It has a single capstone on side supports only, but there are at least three of them on the south side, and possibly more.
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Log Text: Right beside the D.788 road from Trébeurden to Trégastel, and only feet from the cliff edge is the remains of this dolmen, but it would not surprise me if it is part of what was once an allée couverte. It has a single capstone on side supports only, but there are at least three of them on the south side, and possibly more.
Survival of this has again been helped by it being part of a wall, but I suspect the road has cut off the eastern end. Orientation is 094°. Further into the hedge, and I think that there are a few peristalith stones also.
Prajou-Menhir allée couverte
Trip No.203 Entry No.555 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Prajou-Menhir allée couverte submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. From the W. The art is in the end cell in the foreground. June 1994
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Log Text: This is a terriffic allée couverte approaching 14 metres long and facing towards its indicator menhir at orientation 103°. Seven capstones of varying sizes are still in place, the two westernmost being the covers for a separate end cell of about 2.5 metres length. Within this end cell are many carvings, including pairs of breasts, cartouches, palettes and many others. Approaching 2 metres wide, it is not much more than a metre in height.
It has probably been helped in its survival by being incorporated into a wall at some stage in the past, but of which all immediate traces have now been removed.
It is easily found in a little grassy area just to the south of the road to Ile Grande, with a signpost, and is a part of a local "Megalith Trail", details of which can be obtained from the local tourist office. There are several other menhirs in this area of land, just above the high tide level and marshy.
Prajou-Menhir menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.554 Date Added: 3rd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Prajou-Menhir menhir submitted by regina on 30th Sep 2018. The little menhir next to the Allée couverte.
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Log Text: The "indicator menhir" just outside and in front of the allée couverte. It is about 1.7 metres high but nicely weathered.
Ty-Lia (Île Grande)
Trip No.203 Entry No.553 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Ty-Lia (Ile Grande) submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. Allee-couverte surrounded by stones marking the edge of the mound.
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Log Text: This looks to be a fairly complete standard allée couverte well signposted and in a little grassy area on Ile-Grande, just off the coast near Trebeurden. It is about 9 metres long by 1.5 metres wide, and oriented to 110°. There are two large capstones which cover most of the chamber. Many of the outer peristalith stones survive, particularly on the southern side and the back end, and there are traces of the mound within them.
Chapelle-des-Sept-Saints
Trip No.203 Entry No.552 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2005
Chapelle-des-Sept-Saints submitted by thecaptain on 5th Jul 2005. Chapelle-des-Sept-Saints, not too far from Lannion in Brittany.
The chapel is built right on top of a dolmen, which makes up the southern crypt, which can be seen through the square entrance, slightly below ground level.
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Log Text: I had terrible trouble finding this from the south. The road signs are almost non existent, and very inconsistent, and its all windy lanes and farm tracks. None of the roads, or the names on any of the rare signs seem to agree with the maps. I think the maps are in French, while the signs are in Breton ! I eventually found it by a bit of a fluke, after travelling for a fair distance along a road I was wanting to turn round on, and go back, there it was, right in front of me. That said, when I left, and went northwards, it couldn’t be much problem to find it coming from the north, it seems like one road to get there, and its signposted from the main road.
By the time I got here, it was 7:00 pm, and it was all closed up. However, there was a little sign outside telling you about the place in four languages, one of which was English. The Chapel is built right on top of a dolmen, (Stivel dolmen), and the southern Crypt is within the dolmen itself. The dolmen is a big one, and a registered historic monument, being about 4 metres by 2 metres, made with 4 sidestones and 2 capstones. From the outside, there is a little gated doorway, through which you can see partly into the inside, and the dolmen is plain to see. It has been adapted somewhat for its new role, and I think that there are little statues of the seven saints contained in alcoves within the dolmen.
Now this is one way of Christianising an ancient site !!! although it must be said that the chapel is a place of pilgrimage for Moslems. So, there’s at least three beliefs all coming together at the same place.
Kerelcun Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.551 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Kerelcun menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Oct 2010. Just off the D.764 road by the hamlet of Kerelcun can be found this nearly 5 metre tall, 3 metre wide menhir, standing in a little green area with a picnic table.
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Log Text: Just off the D.764 road by the hamlet of Kerelcun can be found this nearly 5 metre tall, 3 metre wide menhir, standing in a little green area with a picnic table. It is signposted from the village and easy to find.
Kerampeulven Menhir
Trip No.187 Entry No.87 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 1987. My rating: Access 5
Kerampeulven menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Oct 2010. Kerampeulven menhir is about 5 metres tall, and a lovely shape, set in a little grassy area with some nicely shaded picnic tables.
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip round Brittany 1987 day 11. Day at Huelgoat, cycle to Carhaix to get bike fixed in afternoon. Many strange shaped rocks, and a large menhir with modern ish carvings
Kerampeulven Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.549 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Kerampeulven menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Oct 2010. At some time in the past local quarrymen have engraved little pictures onto it. There is a house and several animals, plus a few other shapes and things. The animals are quite jolly.
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Log Text: Just to the north of the village of Huelgoat, well known for its lake and strange shaped rocks, is this lovely menhir which is signposted from the road to Berrien, and is easy to find. Its about 5 metres tall, and a lovely shape, set in a little grassy area with some nicely shaded picnic tables. At some time in the past local quarrymen have engraved little pictures onto it. There is a house and several animals, plus a few other shapes and things. The animals are quite jolly.
Ty ar Boudiquet Dolmen
Trip No.187 Entry No.81 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 1987. My rating: Condition 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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Log Text: Cycling camping trip round Brittany 1987 day 10. Cycle from Telgruc up over the moors to Huelgoat.
St-Guinec menhir
Trip No.187 Entry No.82 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 1987. My rating: Condition 5 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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Log Text: Cycling camping trip round Brittany 1987 day 10. Cycle from Telgruc up over the moors to Huelgoat.
St-Guinec menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.548 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
St-Guinec menhir submitted by thecaptain on 29th Oct 2004. Menhir Saint-Guinec.
A massive menhir standing in the garden of a house a couple of kilometres west of the village of Huelgoat in Brittany
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Log Text: Despite being nearly 6 metres tall, this beautiful menhir is becoming obscured from view by a large thick hedge around the garden within which it stands. This is a shame, as it really is a rather nice stone. It can be found just off the Huelgoat to Brennilis road, by the bridge over the busy north / south D.764 highway.