Rows of stones from Kersolan
The rows of stones from Kersolan ( French Les alignements de Kersolan or Soldats de saint Cornély , Alignement du Grand-Resto or Alignement du Grand-Resto Kersolan ) are rows of stones at the intersection of two municipal roads, about 600 m north of the hamlet of Penhoët, east of Languidic im North of the Morbihan department in Brittany in France .
description
The approximately 140 menhirs are aligned in three rows along a south-east-north-west axis and comprise 29, 69 and 43 stones. Some menhirs are missing, others are in the gardens of the Lorient sub-prefecture . The area is about 500 m long and 120 m wide. Two burial chambers complete the ensemble.
The menhirs were based on the remains of a nearby house from 3000 BC. Dated and classified as a Monument historique in 1967 .
In 1981 an investigation helped refine knowledge of how people positioned the stones. The pit was filled with a mass of clay and water before the menhir was erected, so that the menhir could be erected vertically.
Legend
Legend has it that the stones were originally Roman soldiers who wanted to arrest Saint Cornély .
literature
- Jacques Briard : The Megaliths of Brittany . Gisserot, Paris 1991.
Web links
- Alignements du Grand Resto et de Kersolan in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 37.3 " N , 3 ° 4 ′ 48" W.