It is hard to convey to people the true extent and colossal nature of the work that is the Carnac stone rows in Brittany. Somehow, photography alone just cannot do it. The eye can only see so far and it is hard to appreciate just how many of these stones there are from ’street level’. [...]
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Humans have occupied Armorica since the Palaeolithic era. Living originally as hunter gatherers, the population became settled in the Neolithic period (around 4500 BC), gradually mastering the techniques of raising livestock, cultivating crops and building.
This was the civilisation that created the tradition of standing stones. Most of the megaliths (dolmens, tumulus, and [...]
No, not Stonehenge, not Avebury, Newgrange or even Callanish. I’m talking about Carnac, of course, in Brittany, North West France.
I have looked very hard but surprisingly, there isn’t a really good website or blog that does justice to this amazing site – or more accurately – these sites. The website for the Carnac Musée de [...]
Here’s an account by Steve Mansfield-Devine of his visit to the ‘Côte des Mégalithes’ and, of course, Carnac in particular. This is the first in a series of eight posts at his fascinating blog, The Human Landscape. The full series can be seen here and I do recommend having a look – especially if you are [...]
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