Menhirs of Les Jumeaux
The menhirs of Les Jumeaux (also called menhirs of Kerbernès or Parc-ar-Min-Zoun ) are two menhirs near the hamlet of Clojou on the edge of the monumental Forêt de Duault , south of Saint-Servais in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany in France .
The menhirs are 8.2 m apart (distance between the tips), but do not form a row of stones .
- Menhir 1 is 3.1 m high. Its base is triangular (1.4 × 1.0 × 0.8 m).
- Menhir 2 is pyramidal with a diamond-shaped base. It is 4.6 m high, 1.6 m wide and 0.85 m thick.
Both menhirs are made of granite and were classified as Monument historique in 1925 .
Nearby are the Allée couverte Toul an Urz and the Menhir von Kerangler (also called Menhir von Rosvilliou ).
See also
literature
- Loïc Langouët: Les mégalithes de l'arrondissement de Saint-Brieuc , Institut Culturel de Bretagne, 2005, ISBN 9788682209805 , p. 77
Web links
Commons : Les Jumeaux (menhirs) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Deux menhirs de Kerbernès in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '47.8 " N , 3 ° 23' 32.1" W.