Géant du Manio

Latitude:
47° 36' 16.98 N
Longitude:
3° 3' 9.86 W
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Image of Géant du Manio (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

Manio giant, 6.5 metres tall.

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ryaner
ryaner Jul 31, 2016
Image of Géant du Manio (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Ravenfeather

The face of the giant. Photo taken on 29th October 2013.

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Ravenfeather
Ravenfeather Nov 15, 2013
Image of Géant du Manio (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Moth

Saturday 16 April 2005

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Moth
Moth Nov 21, 2009

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Géant du Manio

markj99
markj99 Oct 2, 2023

Visited 16.09.23

Géant du Manio is a high and handsome standing stone in Manio Forest. The massive menhir reaches up to 6.5m. It is well sign-posted on a forest path c. 40m ESE of Quadratiere du Manio.

Géant du Manio

Ravenfeather
Ravenfeather Nov 15, 2013

Visited 29th October 2013

The Giant of Manio, seems a friendly fella, although somewhat taciturn as he sits in his wooded glade staring out at the trees, natural markings on the stone suggestive of eyes, nose and mouth, the face looking out in the opposite direction from the Manio rectangle).

The sun filters through the trees into this lovely wooded glade, and the menhir is warm to the touch as I give the huge stone a hug, although he seems much smaller than I remember, porbably as a result of seeing the Menhir du Champ Dolent the other day. The Geant though has a lot of character. Sadly the remains of some graffitti mark his face, but for the giant this is ‘pas de problème’, he has been here for millennia whilst the cretinous scrawlings are already quite faded and soon will be gone leaving the Geant blemish free once more.

A small pile of pebbles perplexingly rests high on top of the stone, leaving me to wonder how and why they got there, the puzzle solved a few minutes later when a visiting Frenchman started throwing pebbles at the top of the menhir, attempting to land a stone on top, which apparently brings good luck if you are able to do it.

It’s a fine spot here, a great menhir which probably gets overlooked amidst the profusion of the Carnac stones, but definitely worth a visit. It’s signposted from the D196, with parking next to the riding school and a short walk up the forested track, with both the menhir and stone setting right next to each other. So if you’re ever in the vicinity of Carnac make sure you pop by the Geant and say hello, he’ll be pleased to see you, and you’ll be very glad you did.

Géant du Manio

Jane
Jane Aug 2, 2007
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Just a two minute drive away from Kercado, the Géant de Manio menhir and Manio rectangle lurk in the woods. (I kept thinking of the fruity voice of Jack DeManio who, I think, was a BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme presenter. Whatever happened to him?)

The Géant de Manio is a monster menhir and obviously has very close connections to the Manio rectangle, being only 15 metres apart.

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