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Fig. 2. Interior of the Dolmen of Kerioned, across the road from Keriaval. 



We visited the three alignments near Carnac — Menec to the west, 

 Kermario in the middle and Kerlescan to the east. Of these Menec 

 is the most extensive and the best preserved, but the menhirs in the 

 others are larger. That these alignments are distinct from each other 

 and are not parts of a single one is shown by several facts. They are 

 separated by considerable intervals, the gap betweei Menec and Ker- 

 mario being a thousand feet; between Kermario and Kerlescan over a 

 quarter of a mile. Again, the rows in the different alignments run in 

 different directions— Menec N. 70° E., Kermario K 57° E., and Ker- 

 lescan S. 85° E. In each alignment the rows begin with enormous 

 stones at the west end and gradually taper down to merely good-sized 

 rocks at the easterly ends. Then Menec and Kerlescan begin at the 



