Thursday 14 April 2005
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Thursday 14 April 2005 What can I say?
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Within shouting distance from La Croix de St Pierre cairn (Le Dolmen West) rather than spitting distance, is Le Tribunal cromlech. This wide horseshoe of zebra-stripey stones swings around from the south of the path. Each stone is so carefully chosen and positioned they each invite special consideration.
Having recently seen all the crazy carved stones at Gavrinis a couple of days before, it occurred to me that the builders of this site, instead of laboriously carving all those motifs into the rock, instead went out and sought stones which already had a natural decoration.
The position of this arc of stones, within metres of the graves of revered ancestors and with a name hinting at tribal law, it felt like a very important meeting place within the Saint-Just complex. But this isn’t the end of the affair. keep going west and there are still more monuments to discover!
Sites within 20km of Le Tribunal
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La Croix de St Pierre Tertre Tumulaire
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La Croix de St Pierre Cairn
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La Croix de St Pierre
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'Pres de la Four Sarrazin'
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La Four Sarrazin
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Chateau Bû
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Les Demoiselles Piquee
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Gorsedd
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West Row
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'Pres de Treal'
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Moulin de Cojoux alignments
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South row
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North row
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St Just
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'Treal menhir'
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Tréal
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Les Trois Collonades
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Les Pierres Droites de Monteneuf
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