The Carnac stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern...
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Men Dû and Beaumer. Carnac is famous as the site of more than 10,000 Neolithic standing stones, also known as menhirs. The stones were hewn from local...
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Karnak (disambiguation) (redirect from Carnac (disambiguation))
passenger ship Carnac, the village and commune in northwestern France Carnac stones, a collection of monolithic sites around the village Carnac the Magnificent...
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Menhir (redirect from Standing stones)
goddess Baetyl – Type of sacred standing stone Carlin stone – Name of many stones in Scotland Carnac stones – Set of megalithic sites in Brittany, France...
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from there. The Carnac Stones in France are estimated to have been built around 4500 BC, and many of the formations include megalithic stone circles. The...
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Megalith (redirect from Primitive stone monuments)
Carnac Stones in Brittany, France consist of thousands of stones. Megalithic walls Also called Cyclopean walls Stone circles In most languages stone circles...
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Separated from the well known commune of Carnac in 1864, several of the famous neolithic standing stones in the Carnac stones fall within its boundaries, including...
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coastline. It had a population of 759,684 in 2019. It is noted for its Carnac stones, which predate and are more extensive than the Stonehenge monument in...
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tombs and stone rows. The Morbihan département, on the southern coast, comprises a large share of these structures, including the Carnac stones and the...
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Cromlech (category Stone circles in the United Kingdom)
the name "cromlech" in English refers to large stone circles such as those found among the Carnac stones in Brittany, France. Unlike in English, the word...
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