Megaliths of Morbihan
Dolmens, menhirs and tumuli have been part of the landscape of western France since the Neolithic, many for more than six thousand years.
The site is being fully redesigned as part of the 2018-2019 programme for the collection
These sites are being studied and researched at a time when their unprecedented success poses a threat to their existence, some aspects of which continue to be shrouded in mystery.
The “Megaliths of Morbihan" is an interactive introduction to the world’s first large-scale stone architecture, some of which continues to impress engineers today and inspire contemporary artists.
The e-publication designed by Charles-Tanguy Le Roux, general heritage conservator and assistant director of the UMR 6566 (CNRS), an eminent specialist in the field, features more than 300 images and a large number of diagrams and panoramic views of two major groups of standing stones: Carnac and Locmariaquer.
"Megaliths of Morbihan" was produced by the French Ministry of Culture, in conjunction with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the regional archaeology service of the Regional Department for Cultural Affairs of Brittany (DRACB) and the department of archaeology of the Department of Architecture and Heritage (DAP).
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