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CARNAC BRITTANY - CARNAC Carnac is home to the Archeoscope a centre dedicated to the understanding of the stones and has excellent displays and video talks in several different languages giving an insight into what is known about the stones today. The standing stones (Menhirs) which number over 3000 in and around Carnac were set in place between 5000 and 2000 B.C. but very little is known about the people who lived in the region at this time. Carnac is well known as a prehistoric capital and is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world today. www.brittany-guide.com /towns/carnac.htm   (120 words)

Holidays in Brittany There are literally dozens of prehistoric sites around Carnac - menhirs, dolmen, tumuli, fallen stones and standing stones. Think of Carnac and you think of standing stones&; Carnac is easily the most important prehistoric site in Europe. www.pvf.dircon.co.uk /BCH-4B(Carnac).html   (225 words)

Pilot Guides.com: Carnac Megaliths There are 10,000 or so standing stones around Carnac, estimated by one researcher to have taken between 500,000 and one million days to erect - all by an ancient culture that arose during the Neolithic period between 4500 and 2000 BC and based its livelihood on agriculture and herding. Scattered around the town of Carnac on the south coast of Brittany are hundreds of stones dating back further than Knossus, the Pyramids, Stonehenge or the Egyptian temples of the same name at Karnak, that constitute Carnac as Europe's most important prehistoric site. History: Ancient standing stones and burial chambers up to 6000 years old which may have been a means for ancient man to observe the movement of stars pilotguides.com /destination_guide/europe/france/carnac_megaliths.php   (402 words)

Carnac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carnac is renowned for the Carnac stones, one of the most extensive neolithic menhirs collections in the world, as well as its beaches popular with tourists. The Carnac stones were erected during the Neolithic period which lasted from around 4500 BC until 2000 BC. Carnac is a village and commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany (47°34′N 3°4′W) and part of the Morbihan département of northwestern France. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carnac   (490 words)

!Well Within's Earth Mysteries & Sacred Site Tours to Mysterious France! Carnac - Alignments du Menec - At least 10,000 year old site with more than 1000 standing stones, some over 10 ft tall, stretch in a line over 2 km. Circles of Er Lannic - Island south of Gavr'Inis in Gulf of Morbihan - 2 tangential circles; 28 stones in north circle, 32 in south circle; stones 2-5 meters high. Gavrinis Tumulus (earth mound) on island in Gulf of Morbihan - best carvings in the Carnac/Locmariaquer area. www.nccn.net /~wwithin/france1.htm   (1019 words)

Carnac The alignments at CARNAC – rows of 2000 or so menhirs, or standing stones, stretching for over 4km to the north of the village – constitute the most important prehistoric site in Europe, long predating Knossos, the Pyramids, Stonehenge or the great Egyptian temples of the same name at Karnak. Mercifully, they now stand a few kilometres in from the sea, meaning you can combine a reasonably tranquil visit to the stones with a stay in the popular, modern seaside resort, pretty hectic by Brittany& mild standards. france-for-visitors.com /brittany/south/carnac.html   (87 words)

The CARNAC home page Carnac is the most famous and the largest megalithic site in France. This site dates back to some seven thousand years when people started to move stones and to place them in the landscape, stones of up to 180 tons in weight. www-subatech.in2p3.fr /~photons/subatech/soft/carnac   (228 words)

WALKER-ONLINE: Carnac Carnac is probably one of the most famous places in Brittany for its incredible amount (4000!) of magalithic standing stones. "Carnac is 6000 years of history and archaeology inscribed in its stones and in the ground surrounding them, it is this that constitutes the megalithic monument." (from a brchure of the visitors centre) Usually we don't like touristic places, but this one is a must. www.walker-online.com /travel/france/brittany/morbihan/carnac.htm   (111 words)

Amazon.co.uk: From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows of Britain, Ireland and Brittany: Books Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0300055757   (475 words)

Carnac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Carnac stones were erected during the Neolithic period which lasted from around 4500 BC until 2000 BC. Carnac is famous as the site of more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones. Carnac is a village and commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany (47°34′N 3°4′W) and part of the Morbihan département of northwestern France. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carnac   (370 words)

The Carnac Stones - France Carnac, a village near the Atlantic coast of Brittany in northwestern France, Carnac is famous as the site of more than 3,000 prehistoric stone monuments. The single standing stones (menhirs) and multistone clusters (dolmens) were hewn from local granite, now worn by time and weather and covered with white lichen. www.crystalinks.com /carnacstones.html   (88 words)

Megaliths of Carnac: Introduction Neolithic people living in the Carnac region began building these megaliths around 5000 BC and continued for the next 2000 years. Alexander Thom, who has surveyed many megaliths in Britain and France, believes that Carnac was a huge lunar observatory. From the large size and number of stones, the region must have had a large, prosperous, well-organized society. members.tripod.com /Menhirs/intro.html   (311 words)

Carnac Stone circles and alignments are thought to be associated with astronomical and religious ritual, and those at Carnac may possibly have been used for calculating the phases of the moon. There are various groups of menhirs round the village of Carnac in the d& of Morbihan, situated at Kermario (place of the dead), Kerlescan (place of burning), Erdeven, and St-Barbe. These menhirs (standing stones) are arranged in 11 parallel rows, with a circle at the western end. www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0003411.html   (304 words)

The Stones of Carnac The stones of Carnac, France, are probably the most famous stones markings outside of those found at Stonehenge in England. This is photograph of the rows and rows of standing stones, Menhirs, in Carnac. The Menhir stones are sometimes found in a line and sometimes in a circle. www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/the_universe/uts/carnac.html   (297 words)

BabakFakhamzadeh.com :: 30yearproject.com :: Saint Malo and Carnac Carnac, however, just like the other places in the area, seems to have more tourists than monoliths nowadays. Buying a combination ticket for a tour amongst the stones the next day (they're now closed to the public during summer, except on guided tours) and a visit to the 'site megalithique de Locmariaquer, we drove down to Locmariaquer to enjoy a fallen menhir and the Er Grah burial mound. I wonder how many people have realized the similarities between the names of Carnac (France) and Karnak (Egypt). www.babakfakhamzadeh.com /30yearproject/index.asp?ShowYear=2005&ShowMonth=8&ShowDay=16   (285 words)

T&T in France ~ Alignements du Ménec The Neolithic standing stones of Carnac are open and free all year round. The lined rows of the rocks are possibly burial markings, like a cemetery. www.fishcat.com /france/22carnac-menec.html   (226 words)

Megaliths of Carnac: Links The first column gives the name of the site, Column 2 the type of megalith which is also a link to the page with description and pictures, the third column indicates whether there are engraved stones, and the last column gives the location. The following table is an alphabetical listing of many of the major megalithic sites in the Carnac and Locmariaquer district. megaliths.sherwoodonline.de /data.html   (63 words)

Megaliths of Carnac: Engraved Stones The map below shows the location of sites with engraved stones in the district around Carnac and the Gulf of Morbihan. All photographs were taken by myself, during trips to the megaliths of Carnac in 1980, 1983, 1994, 1998, and 2002. More engraved stones are being found every year as sites are renovated. megaliths.sherwoodonline.de /engrave.html   (535 words)

Amazon.co.uk - Query Results Standing Stones: Carnac, Stonehenge and the World of Megalit... Temple, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Richard Carnac: New Light on... Tournament of Shadows [Hardcover] by Carnac, Nicholas -- Used - Good £3.66 s1.amazon.co.uk /exec/varzea/search-handle-url/index=zshops-uk&field-keywords=carnac&bq=1/736-8246561-9199557   (535 words)

Megaliths of Carnac: homepage The most famous megaliths of Carnac are the Menec, Kermario, Kerlescan and Petit Menec alignments of thousands of standing stones just north of Carnac on the south coast of Brittany between the Quiberon Peninsula and the Gulf of Morbihan. Almost as well-known and just as spectacular are the Marchand's Table (La Table de Marchand) and Great Menhir (Le Grand Menhir Brisé) complex at Locmariaquer and the step-pyramid tumulus containing 23 beautifully engraved stones on the island of Gavr'Inis in the Gulf of Morbihan. All photographs were taken by myself, during trips to the megaliths of Carnac in 1980, 1983, 1994, 1998, and 2002. members.tripod.com /Menhirs/masterfile.html   (207 words)

Megaliths of Carnac: homepage The most famous megaliths of Carnac are the Menec, Kermario, Kerlescan and Petit Menec alignments of thousands of standing stones just north of Carnac on the south coast of Brittany between the Quiberon Peninsula and the Gulf of Morbihan. All photographs were taken by myself, during trips to the megaliths of Carnac in 1980, 1983, 1994, 1998, and 2002. This was obviously a very important Stone Age centre and many dolmen (stone passages or galleries), stone circles (cromlechs), standing stones (menhirs), tumuli (barrows), and alignments are scattered over the entire region. members.tripod.com /Menhirs/welcome.html   (207 words)

Megaliths Revealed Concentrating on the megaliths of Europe, let's look at Stonehenge of England, Newgrange of Ireland, Balnuaran of Clava in Scotland, Pentre Ifan in Wales, the stones of Fossa in Italy and the Carnac stones of France. This photograph shows the stones of Stonehenge up close. Stonehenge is the most well known megalithic structure. www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/the_universe/uts/megalith.html&edu=high   (521 words)

Atlantis in England In it Graham Hancock stated that the pyramids, Angkor Vat, Stonehenge, the stones of Carnac, the Nazca lines, temples in Mexico and the statues of Easter Island were all part of an ancient global civilisation of seafarers who were apparently obsessed by astrology. Hancock protests that C-14 dating can only be used on carbon and not on stones. The temples of Angkor Vat (in Cambodia) were said to be built in the shape of the zodiac sign Draco, the pyramids of Gizeh in the shape of Sirius; the Sphinx is supposed to be looking at the sign of Leo. home-3.tiscali.nl /~meester7/engatlantis.html   (4986 words)

Amazon.co.uk: From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows of Britain, Ireland and Brittany: Books Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0300055757   (475 words)

menhir The menhirs at Carnac in Brittany, northwestern France, are particularly impressive, one example standing about 10 m/39 ft high. In Scotland, groups of menhirs are often called cat stones, from Gaelic cath ‘a battle’. The function of standing stones in the prehistoric societies that erected them is unclear, although they may have had specific cultural or religious significance. www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0022940.html   (272 words)

DEVRIENT - LoveToKnow Article on DEVRIENT Antiquities.in primeval antiquities Devonshire is not so rich as Cornwall; but Dartmoor abounds in remains of the highest interest, the most peculiar of which are the long parallel alignments of upright stones, which, on a small scale, resemble those of Carnac in Brittany. There are numerous menhirs or single upright stones; a large dolmen or holed stone lies in the bed of the Teign, near the Scorhill circle; and rock basins occur on the summit of nearly every tor on Dartmoor (the largest are on Kestor, and on Heltor, above the Teign). The tin mines of Devon have been worked from time immemorial, and in the 14th century mines of tin, copper, lead, gold and silver are mentioned. www.1911encyclopedia.com /D/DE/DEVRIENT.htm   (272 words)

Stone circle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prehistoric stone circles are found as megalithic monuments in the British Isles, with two confirmed examples in Brittany on the island of Er Lannic and two more suggested at Carnac. Many had closely set stones, perhaps similar to the earth banks of henges, others were made from unfounded boulders rather than standing stones. Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stone_circle   (933 words)

France In the News Here you will find the famous Carnac alignments&emdash;long parallel rows of standing stones. Artifacts excavated from Brittany sites can be seen in the Musée de la Préhistoire in Carnac. Three words you'll quickly learn: menhir, a standing stone; dolmen, a stone burial chamber; and tumulus, an earthen mound covering a dolmen. www.discoverfrance.net /France/News/Brittany_coastline.shtml   (933 words)

"The Mysteries of Carnac and Atlantis" by Paul Johnson Each of the stones was personally placed there by the successive priest-adepts in power, and commemorated in symbolic language the degree of power, status, and knowledge of each. Blavatsky further wrote "that most of these stones are the relics of the last Atlanteans" (II:343). In The Secret Doctrine we find repeated assertions of the existence of giants in the remote past, and the megaliths are cited as evidence: "had there been no giants to move about such colossal rocks, there could never have been a Stonehenge, a Carnac (Brittany) and other such Cyclopean structures" (II:341). www.theosophy-nw.org /theosnw/world/anceur/eu-john.htm   (2578 words)

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