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France

77 places in the atlas, 9 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

Kinds found here

Megaliths47
Rock art sites14
Archaeological wonders13
Passage graves11
Menhirs10
Dolmens7
Tumuli7
Alignments5
Cave paintings5
Stone rows5
Cairns4
Ancient villages3

How well established

Verified72
Accepted4
Hypothetical1

Top regions

Nouvelle-Aquitaine17
Brittany, Morbihan12
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Dordogne5
Brittany, Finistère4
Brittany, Morbihan (Carnac)4
Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine3

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Verified72 Widely accepted4 Contested0

Brittany, Morbihan (Locmariaquer)

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ardèche1

Brittany, Finistère (Plouarzel)1

Brittany, Finistère (Ploudalmézeau — Île Carn)1

Brittany, Finistère, Crozon Peninsula1

Brittany, Finistère, Douarnenez Bay1

Hypothetical

Unverified0

Pseudoarchaeology0

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Excavation

Partially excavated34 Excavated33 Excavation ongoing7 Unexcavated2 Not applicable1

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

La Roche aux Fées

Late Neolithic · Western French Neolithic

Major passage dolmen near Rennes — 19.5 m passage of 45-tonne schist slabs, largest in Upper Brittany.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Menhir de Champ-Dolent

Early to Middle Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic

Tallest menhir in Brittany — 9.3 m rose granite monolith near Dol-de-Bretagne, c.5000 BCE.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇫🇷 France · Temple complex

Taputapuātea Marae Complex

Early Marae 1000–1500 CE classical Polynesian (peak 1350–1773) · Polynesian / Ra'iātean (Ma'ohi)

Polynesia's most sacred marae center (1000–1773 CE) on 31 ha lagoon peninsula tip Taputapuatea, with 60×45 m marae Taputapuatea (stone national marae) and 16 other marae including Hauviri and Opoa,…

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Tumulus de Bougon

Early to Middle Neolithic · Atlantic Early Neolithic / Cerny

Necropolis of six tumuli A-F spanning 4800-3000 BCE, including oldest megalithic building in western France.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Dolmen de la Pierre Virante

Middle Neolithic · Vendée Atlantic

Paired dolmens (Virante I and II) near Soullans, Vendée, shared mound, c.3500 BCE.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Er Grah Tumulus

Early to Middle Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic

140 m Neolithic tumulus at Locmariaquer — longest in Brittany, part of Grand Menhir alignment.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Table des Marchand

Middle Neolithic · Morbihan megalithic

Decorated passage grave at Locmariaquer with art linked to Gavrinis, beside the fallen 20.6 m Grand Menhir.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Dolmen de Bagneux

Middle Neolithic · Loire Neolithic / Chambon group

Largest French dolmen — 23 m long passage of taf limestone slabs with 40-tonne capstones near Saumur.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Carnac Stones

Middle to Late Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic

Over 3,000 standing stones in three major alignments (Ménec, Kermario, Kerlescan) extending 4 km, plus dolmens and tumuli. Earliest European megalithic region (Antiquity 2025).

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith