Menhir of Kerara

The standing menhir of Kerara

The menhir of Kerara stands in a clearing in the forest, about 300 m southwest of the hamlet Kerara, in Moustoir-Ac in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France .

The reclining menhir of Kerara

The upright menhir dates from the Neolithic Age , is over 3.6 m high and 1.25 m wide at the base. There is another menhir or portlaun nearby . The Kerara menhir was classified as a Monument historique in 1965 .

The menhir of Kermarquer is located about 300 m to the northwest . In the vicinity of Moustoir-Ac are also the dolmen of Kermorvant , the menhir of Cosquéro , the menhir du Mené and the two giant stones Pierres Branlante or Pierres Mammouth in the forest near the road Le Porado.

See also

• Menhirs of Brittany

literature

• Philippe Gouézin: Les Mégalithes du Morbihan intérieur. Des Landes de Lanvaux au nord du département , Collection Patrimoine archéologique de Bretagne, Institut culturel de Bretagne, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie-Préhistoire (UPR 403 CNRS), Université de Rennes I, 1994

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ker or quer is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".

Web links

Commons : Menhir de Kerara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Menhir de Kerara in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '21.6 "  N , 2 ° 51' 23.7"  W.