Carnac and the Morbihan

The menhirs and the megalithic stone rows known as "les alignements de Carnac" in the Morbihan, France are the most renowned megaliths in Europe.

The stone rows stretch 5 kilometers E-W from Erdeven to Carnac and on to La Trinité, in four sections - with a "cromlech" (stone circle or quadrangle) at the eastern end of each section, while the great tumulus of St Michel at Carnac, believed to have been constructed around 6000 BC, is 125m long, 50m wide and 10m high and contains several dolmens.

The entire region must once have been an immense ceremonial and cultural centre for here are to be found megalithic sites without equal: tumuli, dolmens and covered alleys, as well as menhirs,, stone rows, circles, quadrangles and ovals

For more information about the megalithic sites of Carnac and the Morbihan get the CD ROM Carnac: Interactive Virtual Visit" CD ROM