ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS 



the total number of stones standing being 1169, 

 the tallest of which is 13 feet in height. The 

 central group, that of Kermario, consists of 982 

 stones arranged in ten straight lines, while the 

 most easterly, that of Kerlescan, is formed by 

 579 menhirs, 39 of which form a rectangular 

 enclosure. 



There are other alignements in Brittany, of which 

 the most important is that of Erdeven, com- 

 prising 1 1 29 stones arranged in ten lines. Outside 

 Brittany alignements are unusual, but a fine 

 example, now ruined, is said to have existed at 

 Saint Pantaleon north of Autun. In the fields 

 around it are found large quantities of polished 

 stone axes with knives, scrapers, and arrow-heads 

 of flint. 



We have already noticed the cromlechs which 

 form part of the alignements of Brittany. There 

 are other examples in France. At Er-Lanic are 

 two circles touching one another, the lower of 

 which is covered by the sea even at low tide. 

 Excavations carried out within the circles brought 

 to light rough pottery and axes of polished stone. 

 Two fine circles at Can de Ceyrac (Gard) have 

 diameters of about 100 yards, and are formed of 

 stones about 3 feet high. Each has a short 

 entrance avenue which narrows as it approaches 

 the circle, and in the centre of each rises a trilithon 

 of rough stones. 



Of the definitely sepulchral monuments the 



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