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With a height of 9.5 metres this monument is one of the tallest in Brittany. 7 metres are buried in the ground, and the stone measures 8.7 metres in circumference.
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| THE MENHIR OF CHAMP-DOLENT | ||
| With a height of 9.5 metres this monument is one of the tallest in Brittany. 7 metres are buried in the ground, and the stone measures 8.7 metres in circumference. |
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| According to scientists this rock of pink granite would come from a massif situated 4 km away in the south. | ||
| According to a first legend the huge stone fell from the sky to separate angry warriors during a great battle that opposed two brothers. | ||
| A second legend says that the big menhir goes one inch deeper underground every century, for the moon eats one small piece every night, and that when it disappears it will be the end of times. | ||
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| THE MONT DOL | ||
| Le Mont-Dol (Mount Dol) is one of the seven sacred hills of ancient Armorica (with Mont-Saint-Michel, Menez Bel Air, Méné-Bré, Mané-Gwen, Menez Hom and Mont-Saint-Michel-de-Brasparts). | ||
| The peoples of the megaliths, the Celts and later the Romans worshipped their gods on these heights which were privileged places. | ||
| The druids, the ovates and the bards came there to say their prayers to the gods called Teutates, Hu-Kadarn, Koridwen, Lug, Dagda, Kernunos, Ogme, Epona, Belenos. | ||
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