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| Site Name (A/D) |
Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
Trip Order |
| Toul an Lann menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 29th May 1993 | 5 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 1. Cycle Roscoff, Morlaix, Lannion, Ploumanac'h. Too far. 52 miles. Funny Rocks. Big seafood dinner. | 193 | 1 | ||
| Rochers de Ploumanac'h | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 29th May 1993 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 1. Cycle Roscoff, Morlaix, Lannion, Ploumanac'h. Too far. 52 miles. Funny Rocks. Camp and head to Ploumanach for a big seafood dinner. The headland north of Ploumanac'h is now a municipal park, and has the most spectacular coastline where the pink granite rocks tumble into the emerald blue sea. This headland abounds in strangely shaped rocks, many with names such as the tortoise, the witch, the Egyptia... Read More |
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| Oratoire de St Guirec | Ancient Temple | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 29th May 1993 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 1. Cycle Roscoff, Morlaix, Lannion, Ploumanac'h. Too far. 52 miles. Funny Rocks. Camp and head to Ploumanach for a big seafood dinner.
The Oratoire de St Guirec is situated on the beach named after St Guirec, the Welsh monk who landed here on his voyage from Britain in the 6th century, allegedly arriving in a stone trough pulled by angels. The original wooden statue has been replaced by one of ston... Read More |
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| La Tête de Mort | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. At the northern end of Coz Pors beach is a large granite outcrop which viewed from some angles resembles a giant skull, known as La Tête de Mort. | 193 | 8 | ||
| Le Roi Gradlon | Rock Outcrop | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | 5 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. A large granite outcrop which resembles a crowned kings head protruding up through the earth towers above the beach of la grêve blanche. | 193 | 9 | ||
| Kerguntuil Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 10 | |||
| Kerguntuil allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 11 | |||
| Keryvon allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 12 | |||
| Prajou-Menhir menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 13 | |||
| Prajou-Menhir allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 14 | |||
| Ty-Lia (Île Grande) | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 15 | |||
| Saint-Uzec menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Take lunch at the St Uzec menhir, where we have a lot of fun discussing the way it has been christianised with its roughly hewn instruments of passion, and some offerings left beside. | 193 | 16 | |||
| St Samson Chapel well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. | 193 | 17 | |||
| Menhir a Vertu | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Ooo Errr missus. This one goes well after the St Uzec roughly hewn instruments of passion. | 193 | 18 | |||
| Trémarche menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Visited | 30th May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 2. Tregastel, Ile Grande, Tel Star Satellite place. Snake! Lots of ancient stones. All getting tired now, but it should be mostly downhill back to the campsite. | 193 | 19 | |||
| Toul an Lann menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) | Saw from a distance | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Ace dinner at Diben. | 193 | 21 | |||
| Bez An Inkinerez | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Had a quick look for this but to no avail. | 193 | 22 | |||
| Fontaine St Jean-du-Doigt | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 1st Sep 1992 | 5 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Ellie of course wanted to see St John the Baptist's finger, but I think the church was closed and we couldn't see it. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, and meal round the other side of the bay at Le Diben, where I made the waitress laugh because of my Quebec accent and expressions! | 193 | 23 | ||
| Pointe de Primel menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, so I went to look for this menhir marked on the map. I don't remember finding it, so perhaps it was still fallen back then, or it was the dolmen I couldn't find and the menhir was of lesser interest. After a beer and shower, we cycled for an ace meal round the other side of ... Read More |
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| Pointe De Primel Dolmen | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Couldn't find | 31st May 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, so I went to look for this dolmen marked on the map, but I couldn't find it under the undergrowth. After a beer and shower, we cycled for an ace meal round the other side of the bay at Le Diben, where I made the waitress laugh because of my Quebec accent and expressions! | 193 | 25 | |||
| Barnenez Cairn | Chambered Cairn | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 1st Jun 1993 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 4. Primel, Barnenez, picnic by Morlaix river. Carantec, St Pol de Leon, Roscoff. Overnight ferry back to Plymouth. | 193 | 31 |
| Kerivin Dolmen | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 1st Jun 1993 | Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 4. Primel, Barnenez, picnic by Morlaix river. Carantec, St Pol de Leon, Roscoff. Overnight ferry back to Plymouth. | 193 | 32 |