586 Megalithic Monuments of Brittany. 
tapering to 200 feet at the tail. It has at its head a cromlech of 
sixty-two menhirs. 
Kermario has 678 menhirs, no cromlech, nine parallel lines, 
4,037 feet in length—same width as Menec. 
Kerlescant has 258 menhirs, a cromlech square of thirty-nine 
menhirs, thirteen lines, 1,000 feet in length—393 feet width at 
the head and 164 at the tail. 
Erdeven has thirteen lines, 1,120 menhirs, 6,886 feet in length, 
836 in width at the head and 180 at the tail. 
Fia. 10.—Alignment of Menec., 
About one-half of these have been overthrown and are lying On 
the ground. About ten per cent. should be added for all the 
menhirs known to have been destroyed in modern or historic times. 
Without doubt the gaps now existing were once filled. This would 
double, at least, the number. These monuments have served as 
stone quarries for the neighborhood, and doubtless the great castles 
and churches of the early ages were built therefrom. The light 
house at Belle Isle was built of the granite menhirs of the align- 
ment of Erdeven. 
Thus they stand, dotting the country in every direction, enormous, 
