Locmariaquer

ocmariaquer

The various sites are

This great broken standing stone weighed 347 tons and was 23 metres high, it was probably the biggest menhir of the region.

This gigantic stone was cut around 4500 BC and was dragged from the Rhuys peninsula.

You will also see the burial mound of Er Grah.

This dolmen is an angled grave.

The two parts are linked by an open angle in which there is a side chamber.

The walls are decorated according to the theme of idols in escutcheons, from simple figures at the entrance to more elaborate ones in the chamber.

This dolmen which is hidden under its tumulus has an entrance below.

At the back of the chamber you can see adornments on the big central stone, probably representing a pair of crooks.

Monument that shows two successive chambers at the far end of a long corridor.

The roofing stone which is 11 metres long is disproportionate in relation to the chamber.

Its interior side is adorned with an idol in an escutcheon that is 6 metres high. It may be a big broken menhir that was re-used.

Two of the supports on the right are embellished with axes and a pair of crooks.

The pillar on the right between the chamber and the antechamber is a truncated stele which is decorated with an axe-plough.

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