A collection of photographs of megalithic sites that I have visited over the last twenty five years, many of which are to be found in West Cork, but also some from travels in England, France and Spain.
Showing posts with label Brittany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brittany. Show all posts
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
La Maison-des-Feins, Tressé
Another old picture from the summer of 2002, this tomb is located in the beech and chestnut Mesnil Forest in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, a minor detour from the road north of Rennes towards St Malo. The tomb is just over 1m high and 12m long.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Locmariaquer, Brittany
Not far south of Carnac is the neolithic complex at Locmariaquer, which includes a passage grave, a dolmen and a tumulus. This piece of menhir lying on it's side is part of the Broken Menhir of Er Grah. The four broken pieces would have measured over 20m and weighed in at 280 tons making it a true giant amongst the megaliths.
Behind the menhir is the large dolmen called 'Table des Marchand'. The picture is from a visit made in 2002.
Behind the menhir is the large dolmen called 'Table des Marchand'. The picture is from a visit made in 2002.
Friday, 11 March 2011
La Roche-aux-Fées, Brittany
Heading from Nantes to St Malo in the summer of 2002, I came across the Rock of the Faeries, a five thousand year old long barrow near to the village of Essé in Brittany.
The barrow is about 20m long by 5m wide making it one of the largest of its kind in Europe, and it is made of about forty stones.
The stones are purple shale and come from a site approximately 5km south in the Theil-de-Bretagne forest. The heaviest weigh about forty tons.
The barrow is about 20m long by 5m wide making it one of the largest of its kind in Europe, and it is made of about forty stones.
The stones are purple shale and come from a site approximately 5km south in the Theil-de-Bretagne forest. The heaviest weigh about forty tons.
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Carnac, Brittany
Carnac is where it all begins for me. Many a family summer holiday was spent at a campsite in Carnac Plage, and day trips out included visits to the stone rows of Kermario, Kerlescan and Menec, as well as various dolmens scattered across the Brittany countryside. Years later whilst I was living in Cornwall I had an impulse to return to Carnac for a short break. The first few pictures are from that trip in March 1992.
The three main groups of alignments consist of thousands of stones spread over a distance of three kilometres.
The tallest stones measure 4m, the shortest are only 60cm
I returned to Carnac in 2007 for another family holiday. How lucky to find myself in the Grand Menhirs campsite at Kermario! These last two pictures were taken late in the evening when all the other holidaymakers had left and we had all of the stones to ourselves.
The tallest stones measure 4m, the shortest are only 60cm
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