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Kermario is behind the woods at the farther end of the lines. At the extreme right 

 of the view is the Mont St. Michel, a sepulchral monument or galgal, entirely arti- 

 ficial (see p. 134). 



an area about 320 by 3,700 feet. The largest menhir, which has fallen, 

 is 21 feet in total length, while the smallest stands but a foot and a half 

 above the ground. In Kerlescan the cromlech of 39 stones is quad- 

 rangular in outline with rounded corners, while the alignment proper 

 consists of 540 menhirs in thirteen rows in an area 2,700 feet long with 

 an interruption of 600 feet where the little village of Kerlescan is 

 situated. The largest of the stones is thirteen feet in height, the small- 

 est only two feet above the surface of the ground. 



While dolmens and isolated menhirs occur all around Carnac, the 

 most striking of them are on the next peninsula to the east, near the 

 little village of Locmariaquer. Here one must leave the road and go into 

 the fields to see the monuments. Suddenly a one-armed man sprang up 

 beside the carriage and led the way among farm outhouses, gardens and 

 across vegetable patches, to the most remarkable of all these remains, 

 which continually bring up the question, How could they have been 

 erected ? Largest of all is the gigantic menhir, " menhir groach," in the 

 village itself, now fallen and broken into five pieces. According to Le 

 Eouzic, who has measured it carefully and who has taken the specific 

 gravity of the stone, it was originally 68 feet in length and weighed 

 382 tons. Le Eouzic also says that the time and cause of its fall are 

 unknown, and cites a drawing of 1727 to show that at that time it was 

 in its present condition. On the other hand, I have seen a little pam- 



