Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector
Kerlescan Alignments
Neolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE)·Carnac Neolithic·🇫🇷 Brittany, Morbihan, Carnac, France
About
About Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector
Westernmost major Carnac alignments sector east of Kermario, with dense rows and western horseshoe cromlech excavated by Zacharie Le Rouzic. Recorded context — Period: Neolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE); Culture: Carnac Neolithic; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: granite; Condition: preserved — managed.
Why it mattersKey Carnac Neolithic megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE)
- Culture
- Carnac Neolithic
- Purpose
- Stone alignments — 13 rows, 540 menhirs — territorial and astronomical ritual landscape
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1861
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector
On the ground
Structures & features
47.6060° N · 3.0440° W · 28 m · 3 mapped features
- Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector — subsidiary complex47.6059° N · 3.0427° W
- Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector — outlier feature47.6048° N · 3.0447° W
- Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector — Southern Cairncairncairn at Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector — subsidiary complex47.6061° N · 3.0424° W
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