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CARNAC

Breton:- Karnag

Ancient Standing Stones

Brittany, France

The small town of Carnac in southern Brittany, France, is world-famous

for the long rows of standing stones stretching over a mile or so in

a north-easterly direction to the north of the town. Much plundered

in centuries past for stone and generally getting in the way of earlier generations, these fabulous relics gained greater respect over the

20th century, and are now under State protection.

 

 

The Carnac Standing Stones are an exceptionally dense complex of megalithic sites around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, France, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. The more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany, Canrac has the largest number of standing stones of any megalithic site in the in the world.

 

 

 

 

Most of the stones are within the Breton village of Carnac, but some to the east are within La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as old as 4500 BC.

 

In recent centuries, many of the sites have been neglected, with reports of dolmens being used as sheep shelters, chicken sheds or even ovens.Even more commonly, stones have been removed to make way for roads, or as building materials.

 

 

Carnac, found on a narrow peninsula halfway between the medieval town Vannes and the seaside resort Quiberon, is split into two centres - Carnac-Ville and Carnac-Plage (the beachfront). In total there are five beaches, including la Grande Plage, and further to the east, Plage Men and Beaumer.

 

Dolmens

 

There are several dolmens scattered around the area. These dolmens are generally considered to have been tombs, however the acidic soil of Brittany has eroded away the bones. They were constructed with several large stones supporting a "capstone", then buried under a mound of earth. In many cases, the mound is no longer present, sometimes due to archeological excavation, and only the large stones remain, in various states of ruin.

 

 

 

 

 

Tumuli


There are several tumuli, mounds of earth built up over a grave. In this area, they generally feature a passage leading to a central chamber which once held neolithic artefacts.

 

 

Tumulus of Saint-Michel

 

Tumulus of Saint-Michel


The Tumulus of Saint-Michel was constructed between 5000 BC and 3400 BC. At its base it is 125 by 60 m (410 by 200 ft), and is 12 m (39 ft) high. It required 35,000 cubic metres (46,000 cu yd) of stone and earth. Its function was the same as that of the pyramids of
Egypt: a tomb for the members of the ruling class. It contained various funerary objects, such as 15 stone chests, pottery, jewellery, most of which are currently held by the Museum of Prehistory of Carnac. It was excavated in 1862 by René Galles with a series of vertical pits, digging down 8 m (26 ft). Le Rouzic also excavated it between 1900 and 1907 discovering the tomb and the stone chests.

A chapel was built on top in 1663 but was rebuilt in 1813, before being destroyed in 1923. The current building is an identical reconstruction of the 1663 chapel, built in 1926.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone Rows

 

There are three major groups of stone rows — Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan — which may have once formed a single group, but have been split up as stones were removed for other purposes

 

The Le Menec Alignment runs 1200 metres diagonally southwest to northeast. Consists of 12 rows of approximately 1100 megaliths. The largest is three metres high.

 

The Kermario Alignment runs one kilometre long in a southwest to northeast diagonal aspect. It contains seven full rows and three partial lines with more than 1000 megaliths.

 

The Kerlescan Alignment is much shorter at only 355 metres long but running in the same direction. Consists of 13 rows of more than 300 megaliths. Has a stone circle at its west end where the stones are much larger and a 90-metre diameter circle of menhirs north of the rows.

 

The Le Petit Menac. If it were not for the need to build a lighthouse at Belle-Ile there would remain more than 250 megaliths on this site. The location has been pillaged and neglected but evidence of three curved rows more than 300 metres long can still be seen.

 

 

Purpose

 

The Carnac megaliths are built in long straight lines, some over a kilometre long and containing hundreds of menhirs per row. There is great uncertainty about the purpose of their construction. Some suggest that they are mega calendars designed to assist ancient farmers in planting and harvesting. Others propose that the builders were early astronomers and that Carnac is a huge galactic observatory to study the sun, moon, planets and stars possibly with a religious significance. This theory is helped by the discovery that many of the dolmen and menhirs mark the extreme positions of the moon's orbit.

 

 

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