The megalithic monuments of Carnac and Locmariaquer; their purpose and age (1908)
Le Rouzic, Zacharie · Saint-Brieuc : Editions de La Bretagne touristique · leaf 31
laces, namely, the dolmens,are completely covered in, while others are opento the sky ? Or why the cromlechs are alwaysat the western extremity of the alignments ? It isequally difficult to understand why the large menhirsare always placed near a cromlech and why themenhirs theinselves take an… … U W s oQ 3o therefore grant that thoy are commemorative funeralmonuments and not actual tombs. I think that they are the remains of religiousmonuments, which were the meeting places for fetesand for the celebration of religious ceremonies. Theaisles, or passages, were the sacred pathways for…
Megalithic monuments
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