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  • Carnac: Farmhouse with megalithic remains
  • Crucuno dolmen, grafted to farmhouse
  • Crucuno dolmen
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • Dolmen amid Carnac stone alignments
  • Carnac: Roadside dolmen
  • Carnac: Roadside dolmen
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • St. Cornelius, Carnac church
  • Christianized Menhir, Carnac cemetery
  • Les Pierres Plats, beach near Carnac
  • Les Pierres Plats (top)
  • Les Pierres Plats (top)
  • Passage grave in a village near Carnac
  • Passage grave in a village near Carnac
  • Le Table des Marchands, Carnac
  • Le Grand Menhir Brise (broken menhir)
  • Le Grand Menhir Brise
  • Menhir in a field near Carnac
  • Stone alignments, Carnac
  • Menhirs, Carnac
  • Menhirs, Carnac
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Stone Alignments and Dolmens in Brittany

The stone rows that dominate the wild, moody landscape around the village of Carnac in Brittany are both unique and impressive. Dating to 4500-3300 BCE, the three groupings of Kermario, Kerlescan and Ménec consist of thousands of massive, roughly shaped stones in a long system of parallel lines that may have astronomical significance. Neolithic structures dot Locmariquer, Finisterre and the rest of Brittany's coastal region.

Local legend atrributes the Carnac alignments to St. Cornelius, who petrified the Roman legions when they pursued him, and has embroidered the stones with all manner of lore. Many are believed to conceal treasure, dance and walk in strange patterns - and to turn mysteriously at midnight on the solstices.