Row of stones by Poul-ar-Varquez

The row of stones of Poul-ar-Varquez (or Poul-ar-Vascouet ) is a row of stones northeast of Pleubian in the Côtes-d'Armor department in France . It consists of three menhirs on a strip of land that serves as the field boundary. The three menhirs are made of granite from Perros.

Menhir No. 1 is 2.15 m high. On the broad side, it measures 1.0 m at the base and 0.75 m at the summit.
Menhir No. 2 stands 15.4 m away and is about 2.0 m high. The widest side measures 1.25 m at the base. It jumped from top to bottom.
Menhir No. 3 stands 3.6 m from the previous one. It is 2.3 m long with an average width of 0.8 m.

The row of stones has been registered as a monument historique since 1982 .

Nearby is the Allée couverte on the Île Coalen .

Row of stones by Poul-ar-Varquez

literature

Anne Marchat, Michelle Le Brozec: Les mégalithes de l'arrondissement de Lannion. Institut Culturel de Bretagne, 1991, ISBN 2868220398 , p. 3

Web links

Commons : Alignement de menhirs de Poul-ar-Varquez - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alignement de menhirs in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Description and picture (French)
Description and picture (English)

48.86112 -3.11978Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '40 " N , 3 ° 7' 11.2" W.