A remarkable group of Neolithic monuments near the Gulf of Morbihan: the Great Broken Menhir of Er Grah, once over 20 metres tall and the largest standing stone ever raised in Europe, now lying in four pieces, the long mound of Er Grah and the Table des Marchand passage grave with its carved slabs.
Combine with the alignments at Carnac, a short drive away.
More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones, set up in long rows over 4 km of countryside by people living here between about 4500 and 3300 BC.
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