Tumulus de St Michel

Latitude:
47° 35' 16.34 N
Longitude:
3° 4' 22.48 W
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Image of Tumulus de St Michel (Tumulus (France and Brittany)) by markj99

E End of Tumulus de St Michel. (16.09.23)

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Cross on Tumulus de St Michel viewed from S. (16.09.23)

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Chapelle Saint-Michel de Carnac on Tumulus de St Michel viewed from W. (16.09.23)

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W End of Tumulus de St Michel. (16.09.23)

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A pano of St. Michel Tumulus, one of what Burl calls “the exaggerated Carnac Mounds”. And he’s not exaggerating when he calls them this – 125 metres long, 65 metres broad and 10 metres high. Even with the chapel, this can’t fail to impress.

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The east end of the tumulus.

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Sunday 17 April 2005 Stay at l’Hotel de Tumulus & you can wake up to this view....

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Sunday 17 April 2005 Tumulus (& hotel!) from Kerluir menhir

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005 Kermario (I think!) alignments from the tumulus

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Sunday 17 April 2005 The small group of alignments at the crossroads between Menec & Kermario, seen from tumulus

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Sunday 17 April 2005 Kerluir menhir from the tumulus

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“Well, what did you expect to see from a Carnac hotel bedroom window? Herds of wildebeest....?”

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Only on guided tours can you go beyond the door

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Tumulus de St Michel

markj99
markj99 Oct 1, 2023

Visited 16.09.23

Tumulus de St Michel is located on the NE edge of Carnac. Hotel du Tumulus is conveniently located adjacent to the giant mound. A small chapel is perched on the summit of the mound. There are two modern entrances, on the S and W sides, into the two chambers and passages buried within the tumulus. However, these are only accessible on guided tours. Despite the encroachment of modernity, Tumulus de St Michel manages to retain its gravitas.

Tumulus de St Michel

Jane
Jane Aug 3, 2007

We drove the short way back towards Carnac passing the GARGANTUAN St Michel tumulus as we entered the village. It has a silly little chapel on top which only serves to make Christianity look very paranoid and rather pathetic. The ancient power of this tumulus dominates the landscape.

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