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Megalithic monuments in Brittany (12 P) D. ... Pages in category "Megalithic monuments in France" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Ménec alignments, the best-known megalithic site among the Carnac stones Stones in the Kerlescan alignments Megalithic alignments at Carnac Le Menec alignments. The Carnac stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli ...
The Cairn of Barnenez (also: Barnenez Tumulus, Barnenez Mound; in Breton Karn Barnenez; in French: Cairn de Barnenez or Tumulus de Barnenez) is a Neolithic monument located near Plouezoc'h, on the Kernéléhen peninsula in northern Finistère, Brittany . It dates to the early Neolithic, about 4800 BC.
Menhir de Champ-Dolent, Brittany, France. Menhir of about 100 tons. [53] Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini. 12 megalithic limestone beams 10 meters long weighing 90 tons each, forming the roof of burial chamber and antechamber. [54] Moai at Easter Island. Largest moai 70 to 86 tons. The tallest one, Paro, was moved 3.75 miles (6.04 km). [55]
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is located in the extreme south of France, eastern section of the Pyrenees mountain range and the Plaine du Roussillon [].The mountainous region of the county consists of the Albera massif to the southeast, the Corbières massif to the north, and the historic regions of Vallespir, Conflent, Cerdagne, and Capcir, which make up almost 50% of the department's ...
The Broken Menhir of Er Grah. The Locmariaquer megaliths are a complex of Neolithic constructions in Locmariaquer, Brittany.They comprise the elaborate Er-Grah tumulus passage grave, a dolmen known as the Table des Marchand [1] and "The Broken Menhir of Er Grah", the largest known single block of stone to have been transported and erected by Neolithic people.
Gavrinis (Breton: Gavriniz) is a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France. It contains the Gavrinis tomb, a Neolithic passage tomb built around 4200–4000 BC, making it one of the world's oldest surviving buildings. Stones inside the passage and chamber are covered in megalithic art.
Megalithic monuments in France (2 C, 16 P) R. Rock art in France (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric sites in France" The following 60 pages are in this ...
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