Site type guide
Menhir
Menhir sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
6 menhir sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Menhir sacred sites overview
Menhir sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
| Coverage | 6 menhir sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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Grand Menhir Brisé d'Er Grah
Locmariaquer, Bretagne, France
Before the pyramids rose in Egypt, Neolithic peoples on the coast of Brittany erected a standing stone over twenty meters tall, weighing more than three hundred tonnes....
Menhir de Champ-Dolent
Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France
Nine and a half meters of pinkish granite rise from a field near Dol-de-Bretagne—100 tonnes hauled four kilometers by people who left no written record....
Piève statue-menhirs
Piève / Haute-Corse / Corsica, France
In the village of Piève in northern Corsica, three Bronze Age granite figures stand before the parish church of San Quilicu....
Santa Maria statue-menhir
Cambia / Haute-Corse / Corsica, France
At a crossroads in the Castagniccia village of Cambia, a slender schist standing stone has held its ground for millennia....
Statue-menhir of Tavera
Tavera / Corse-du-Sud / Corsica, France
The Tavera statue-menhir is a 2.42-metre anthropomorphic standing stone carved from fine-grained granite by Bronze Age inhabitants of the Gravone valley — considered one...
U Cantonu
Pila-Canale / Corse-du-Sud / Corsica, France
At the entrance to the village of Pila-Canale, near its cemetery, two granite standing stones have kept watch for three and a half millennia....
Key questions
Menhir sacred-site questions
- What menhir sacred sites are included?
- Menhir sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 6 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these menhir sites located?
- Major country clusters include France.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Prehistoric, Celtic and Prehistoric, Multi-tradition.
- Can I view menhir sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.