Row of stones from Saint-Denec

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The standing stones of the stone line of Saint-Denec

The four menhirs of the stone row of Saint-Denec ( French Alignement de Saint-Denec ) are located northwest of the hamlet, southeast of Porspoder in the Finistère department in Brittany in France .

Two stones stand upright, the other two are lying. One of the lying menhirs has engravings , two axes and a couple of báculos .

The two stones are about 2.95 meters high, but not smoothed like most of the other menhirs in the region.

literature

  • Jacques Briard : The Megaliths of Brittany . Gisserot, Paris 1991.
  • Jean-Marie Bachelot de La Pylaie: Études archéologiques et geographiques mêlées d'observations et de notices diverses . Deprez-Parent, Bruxelles 1850 (reprint: Société archéologique du Finistère, Quimper 1970).

Web links

Commons : Saint-Denec stone row  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '50.9 "  N , 4 ° 45' 2.8"  W.