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Taken Summer 1996: Louise standing next to one of the Kergadiou Menhirs. We didn’t find the fallen stone because it was hidden by maize.
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Taken Summer 1996: Menez Lié Dolmen, sitting pretty in its corn field.
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Taken Summer 1996: Pen an Run Dolmen festooned with ivy. Half hedge, half dolmen.
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Taken Summer 1996: The Kermario stones viewed from the (now demolished) Visitors’ Centre.
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Taken Summer 1996: A gaggle of Kermario stones, with the Le Dolmen de Kermario just visible in the distance.
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Taken Summer 1996: Shaded stones at Kerzerho.
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Taken Summer 1996: The site is truncated by the road between Erdeven and Quiberon. This cottage stands incongruously next to the stones.
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Taken Summer 1996: The tallest stones at Kerzerho including the large fallen stone known as the ‘table of sacrifice’ (is that a bad translation of ‘altar’).
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Taken Summer 1996: Kerloas Menhir, the tallest menhir to remain standing at 9.5 metres.
The inset shows Louise standing next to the stone for scale (she’s 5ft 6 inches tall).
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Taken Summer 1996: When we visited it was foggy,and the stones felt very familiar compared to the sun drenched megaliths of southern Brittany.
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Taken Summer 1996: A photo of Kernic, viewed from the wet side.
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Taken Summer 1996: A photo of Kernic from the east (very approximately speaking).
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Taken Summer 1996: A photo of Le Grand Menhir Brisé, taken with a super wide angle lense to try and fit it all in.
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Taken Summer 1996: A beautifully shaped megalith at Lagatjar.
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Taken Summer 1996: Looking down the Allee-Couverte.
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Taken Summer 1996: La Roche-aux-Fées in the shade of oak trees on a very sunny day.
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Taken Summer 1996: Looking up the side of the chamber. Note the variance in the heights of the orthostats supporting the capstones.
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Taken Summer 1996: A copy of one of the carved megalith found inside Barnenez, subtly flood-lit and sited by the ticket office.
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Taken Summer 1996: One of the reconstructed entrances into the cairn.
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Taken Summer 1996: The northern part of the cairn, seriously damaged by quarrying in the 1950s.
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Taken Summer 1996: The entrance to the cairn.
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Taken Summer 1996: Carved stones inside the camber at Gavrinis.
No doubt the three alcoves were designed to accommodate Neolithic T-Lights.
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Taken Summer 1996: Carvings inside the chamber at Gavranis.
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Taken Summer 1996: Looking down the 11 metre corridor into the Gavrinis cairn.
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Taken Summer 1996: Gavrinis Cairn viewed from the Gulf of Morbihan.
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Taken Summer 1996: The dolmen at Crucuno.
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Taken Summer 1996: Dolmen de Kermario
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Taken Summer 1996: Le Petit Mont with it’s strange concrete staircase.
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Taken Summer 1996: Le Petit Mont near Arzon.
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Taken Summer 1996: The ‘roof’ of Le Petit Mont.
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Taken Summer 1996: Captive stones at Kermario. We couldn’t get near them.
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Taken Summer 1996: Who are these strange hairy people? Obviously we’re included here for the purposes of scale only. The ‘table of sacrifice’ is just to the left in this shot.
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Taken Summer 1996: The dolmen with me standing next to it.
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Taken Summer 1996: Kerguntuil Allee Couverte, with Louise in shot.
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Taken Summer 1996: The Christianised megalith at St Uzec.
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Taken Summer 1996: The Christianised megalith at St Uzec.
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Taken Summer 1996: Ile Grande on a scorching hot day. A memorable visit (although I couldn’t remember the name of the site).
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Taken 13/04/07: Ffyst Samson viewed from the south west.
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Taken 13/04/07: Ffyst Samson viewed from the west.
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Taken 13/04/07: William, Emily and Alfie playing under Ffyst Samson. Viewed from the north east.
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Taken 9th July 2005: The point where the tallest orthostat meets the capstone, viewed from the west.
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Taken 9th July 2005: Viewed from the west.
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Taken 9th July 2005: The stone from the south west (very approximately speaking).
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Taken 24th April 2005: The rampart on the east side of the fort, and what might be interpreted as the main entrance.
This is an amalgamation of five photographs, so perspective is a bit distorted.
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Taken 24th April 2005: A close-up of the rampart viewed from the south east.
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Taken 24th April 2005: Pen-y-Felin Wynt Hillfort, viewed from the south east, just north of the A4120. Note Afon Rheidol widing away in the distance on the valley floor.
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Taken 24th April 2005: Bwlch-y-Crwys viewed from the road (A4120).
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Taken 10th April 2005: A stone that took my fancy. It’s alarmingly horizontal!
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