Carnac stones
France · standing stone · 47°35'36.0"N 3°04'47.0"W
Carnac stones is a standing stone in France, stone rows in Carnac, France. Pyramason catalogues it as PYR-108262 at 47.59333, -3.07972 (47°35'36.0"N 3°04'47.0"W).
Recorded heritage designations: Tentative World Heritage Site, classified historical monument, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
There are 69 other catalogued sites within 5 km of it, 174 within 25 km and 260 within 50 km. That density is itself the finding: this is not an isolated monument but part of a worked landscape.
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The record
| Pyramason ID | PYR-108262 |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Classified as | standing stone |
| Coordinates | 47.59333, -3.07972 |
| 47°35'36.0"N 3°04'47.0"W | |
| Sites within 25 km | 174 |
| Sites within 50 km | 260 |
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What is around it
- dolmen de la Croix Audran0.2 km
- Alignement de Toulchignan0.4 km
- Cruz-Menquen dolmen0.6 km
- Saint-Michel tumulus0.7 km
- Dolmen de Kermario1.0 km
- Dolmen de Roch-Vihan1.1 km
- Kermario alignments1.4 km
- Petit-Ménec alignments1.6 km
- Tumulus, quadrilatère et menhir de Manio1.9 km
- Abbaye Sainte-Anne de Kergonan1.9 km
Updates from the atlas
Further reading
English Wikipedia · Wikidata Q833850
Nearby on the atlas
- All catalogued pages in Francecountry hub
Distances are great-circle, from the coordinates Pyramason holds for each site.