Kermario row
One of the long rows.
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The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany, northwest France, in the municipality of Carnac, about 25 km west of Vannes in a straight line. The collection is made up of stone rows, dolmens, burial mounds and single standing stones. It has more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones, cut from local granite and raised by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany, the largest such collection in the world. The stones were probably put up around 3300 BC, and some may date to as early as 4500 BC. Long rows of grey, lichen-covered standing stones stretch for kilometres between meadows and pines, largest at the western end and shrinking gradually to the east. Sheep sometimes graze among the stones to keep the grass down. Visitors walk the paths around the fenced fields. The visitor centre explains the stones, and guided tours go inside some of the fields.
One of the long rows.
Kilometres of rows.
Among the stones.
Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France
On guided tours in some fields.
The Gulf of Morbihan and its islands.