All of the 3 main alignments have small collections of curious stone settings. The one in the left of this shot would bear an outing by itself. Menec, Kermario and Kerlescan are all hugely impressive, but for serious stoneheads they may leave one frustrated and regretful as they are all fenced in and only very restricted, paid, guided-tour-access is available (in summer anyway – I’m not sure of out-of-season arrangements).
Kerlescan is at the ‘quieter’, eastern end of the 3 great Carnac alignments. Petit Menec is further east.
I didn’t give in to the urge to hop the fence.
Stones, stones, stones.
Saturday 16 April 2005
Saturday 16 April 2005
Saturday 16 April 2005
Saturday 16 April 2005
Saturday 16 April 2005 Big lens shot of Kermario tertre tumulaire (I think!)
Attempt to show anthropomorhic properties of stone...
Attempt to show anthropomorphic properties of stone...
You can’t walk through these menhirs, but just to stroll beside them is impressive.
Visited 16.09.23
The only alignments open to walk through on my visit were Menec and Kerlescan. Alignements de Kerlescan was the more impressive of the two with taller stones in the rows.
This is the third and last of the three main alignments (heading east) . Thirteen rows of 555 stones running for only 250 meters, the tallest of which is 13 feet tall, I say only when comparing it with the other two sets of stones.
The smaller wooded alignments of Petite Menec are a further 3 to 4 hundred meters east.
Fences kept me away from the stones and a tour guide party just emptied itself out onto the road side, they’re all over the place, I’m off to see the dolmen. The wonderful dolmen of Kercado.
From the nearby monuments at Manio, we wandered back through the woods and along the roadside to admire the Kerlescan alignments. Astonishing stuff. You can’t walk among these, but their power is still overwhelming.
