Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan
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How it came to be
Along the shores of Carnac and the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, north-western France, people of the Neolithic, from about 5000 to 2300 BC, built a dense array of megalithic monuments. More than 3,000 standing stones cut from local granite make up the largest such collection in the world.
At Ménec eleven rows of stones run for about 1,165 metres; Kermario has 1,029 stones in ten rows and Kerlescan 555 in thirteen. The Saint-Michel tumulus was raised between 5000 and 3400 BC from 35,000 cubic metres of stone and earth. A legend says the stones are pagan soldiers turned to stone as they chased Pope Cornelius.
The state bought the monuments early in the 20th century to save them from quarrymen, and the main alignments have been fenced since 1991. In 2025, 550 monuments in 28 towns and villages were inscribed.
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