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Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany (France): alignment of menhir and dolmen

Avebury Henge, Wiltshire, England, UK. This free-to-enter ancient stone circle site dates from Neolithic times and its purpose is debatable. It is constructed from a large outer circle of stones with two smaller inner circles, all surrounded by earthworks and a ditch. Abandoned by the Iron Age it nevertheless remains a significant Henge in the landscape of ancient Wiltshire, England

Carnac Stones, Menhirs alignment Menec, Brittany, France. The Carnac Megalithic Lines (French: Alignements mégalithiques de Carnac) are a grouping of Neolithic menhirs and dolmens over four kilometers in southern Brittany.

The menhir of Champ-Dolent is located in Dol-de-Bretagne in the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine. With its 9.30 meters high, it is one of the tallest standing menhirs in Brittany.

Large standing stones, are aligned in a field near Carnac, France under a bright blue summer sky, surrounded by grass and wild plants. The 7,000 year old stone alignments create a sense of ancient mystery and historical significance. The singularity of the Carnac megaliths is their extrordinary alignments and their sheer numbers, this is the largest gathering of standing stones of this type in the world. The two main sites (Ménec and Kermario) alone account for nearly 3,000 menhirs, and the alignments extend over almost four miles.

The white strip marking the path of the Appalachian Trail, here as it passes over Round Bald at Roan Mountain, TN/NC

Landscape view at the alignements de lagatjar in France

The name comes from an Old Nordic legend about Hagbard and Signe. A Viking from Trondheim, Hagbard, embarking on a Viking raid for war. Off the coast of Halland in Sweden, he encounters the local king Sigvards armed forces. After fight they make peace since victory eludes them both. Hagbard then meets the king Sigvards daughter, Signe. Love emerges between them, but because of the long-standing enmity between their families, marriage is not possible. Hagbard tries to secretly courtship Signe, but gets arrested upon disclosure of the scam. He is sentenced to death at the court in Asige. Signe had promised to follow Hagbard in death and Hagbard lured Signe to proove her faith. As his last wish, he therefore asked that his dress to be shown up first in the gallows. Upon this sight Signe thinks that Hagbard has been hunged, she burns herself inside her castle with her bridesmaids. When Hagbard sees the smoke from the castle, he calmly walks to his death.

Menhirs and dolmen of the Vieux-Moulin - Old Mill - megalithic landmark near Plouharnel in Brittany, France

The ancient stone circle at Callanish on the Island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany (France): alignment of menhir and dolmen

Female pendulum dowsing one of the Stones at Merry Maidens stone circle, Cornwall, UK

Megalithic monuments menhirs in Carnac,Brittany, France

Photo of the Xerez Cromelque in the Alentejo district, South of Portugal.

Stones in the Lagatjar alignments at Camaret-sur-Mer on the Crozon Peninsula in Finistere, Brittany, France.

Sunset aerial drone view, directly above, the Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The ancient coastal standing stones date back 5,000 years. They remain a mystery, but were perhaps an astronomical observatory. A later added chambered tomb is seen within the main stone circle.

Alignments of Menec - standing stones - the largest megalithic site in the world, Carnac, Brittany, France

Kerzérho is a set of neolithic alignments in the commune of Erdeven, in the region of Morbihan Brittany, France. It lies approximately 8 km northwest of Carnac.

Houses at a meadow with ancients standing stones

The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the village of Carnac in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre/proto-Celtic people of Brittany, and form the largest such collection in the world.

Large standing stones, are aligned in a field near Carnac, France under a bright blue summer sky, surrounded by grass and wild plants. The 7,000 year old stone alignments create a sense of ancient mystery and historical significance. The singularity of the Carnac megaliths is their extrordinary alignments and their sheer numbers, this is the largest gathering of standing stones of this type in the world. The two main sites (Ménec and Kermario) alone account for nearly 3,000 menhirs, and the alignments extend over almost four miles.

Prehistoric megalithic monuments menhirs in Carnac area in Brittany, France.

Alignment of Kerzerho - archaeological site with menhirs rows - located about 8 km northwest of Carnac in the village of Erdeven department of Morbihan in Brittany, France

The king of Munster who once rules these lands had seven daughters and two sons. His rival was also a powerful clan chief and the time came when the king had to defend his land. One fateful day the army rode out to battle with the king and his two sons at the head of it. Although victorious, it came at a great cost, as both sons were killed in the fight. The army marched back to the castle, on route passing the ancient druids stone circle that had stood for millennia. The king dispatched a contingent of men to the sacred site and in his grief, he instructed them to push over two of the nine standing stones. This would forever commemorate his two fallen sons. The seven sisters remain standing to this day….

The alignment of standing stones known as Alignement de Menhirs de Lagatjar in the neighbourhoodl of Camaret-sur-Mer is an unmissable prehistoric site, contemporary with the famous stones of Carnac. Brittany, France

The Merry Maidens Stone Circle in West Penwith, Cornwall, UK

La Longue Rocque megalithic standing stone, from a distance, at the Les Paysans Road in the island of Guernsey in the United Kingdom.

A menhir, a prehistoric standing stone on the island Île-aux-Moines, France.

Some of the 3000 standing stones at Carnac, Brittany, France. It is believed that these stones were placed in position around 5000 years ago.

Aerial view of stone circle Surrey England Europe

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