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Menhir
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Neolithic/Megalithic
Grand Menhir Brisé d'Er Grah
Locmariaquer, Bretagne, France
Grand Menhir Brisé d'Er Grah in Locmariaquer, Bretagne, France.
Celtic/Pagan
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. Legend says the stone fell from the sky to separate two brothers about to kill each other, blood flowing enough to turn a millwheel. Another legend says it is sinking, slowly, into the earth—and when it disappears, the world will end. Historic Monument since 1889.