Top is the tumulus near my campsite.
Next is a menhir (single standing stone) Many are associated with graves (as is this one). Others are thought to be parts of sightings for determining the extreme positions of the sun and moon.
Dolmen. Megalithic tomb built of stone The oldest dolmen in the Carnac area was built 1000 years before the pyramids in Egypt.
Alignment. Rows of standing stones (menhirs), ranging from one row of a few stones to several rows of hundreds of stones. The most famous are at Carnac.
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