Alignements de St Barbe

Latitude:
47° 36' 32.19 N
Longitude:
3° 7' 57.69 W
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Image of Alignements de St Barbe by ryaner

“... the eyes of the visitor are always darting back to check that the two largest stones are really as large as they first thought.” Julian Cope, The Megalithic European, page 87

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Image of Alignements de St Barbe by ryaner

The remaining two diminished rows. Shot taken from atop the northern monster blocking stone. Once upon a time there were 8 rows, 400 metres in length.

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ryaner Jul 30, 2016
Image of Alignements de St Barbe by ryaner

One of the lonesome (what are now) outliers. I loved the orange lichen.

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Image of Alignements de St Barbe by fitzcoraldo

A woodcut from
Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries, Their Ages and Uses
By James Fergusson
Pub 1872

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fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Oct 29, 2007

Articles

Alignements de St Barbe

Jane
Jane Jul 29, 2007

Blimey! There’re some big buggers here. And according to the books, it’s not very long ago since the fields at St Barbe were littered with some pretty complete alignments. But 19th and 20th century activities felled many of them. Despite the driving rain, I had to get out of the car and walk right up to these stones. And I’m glad I did, because sometimes it’s not until you actually stand next to something you realise just how massive it is. The biggest stone of St Barbe is seriously whopping – have a look at TME and see just how teeny weeny Spaceship Mark* looks standing next to it.

*and he’s no short-arse!

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