🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Mané-Bras
Middle Neolithic · Morbihan Atlantic
Passage grave near Locmariaquer, Morbihan, part of Locmariaquer-Carnac megalithic concentration, c.4000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field in Occitanie, France is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) rock art attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇫🇷 France · Submerged site
Submerged Harbour of Dock
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Submerged Harbour of Dock in Occitanie, France is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Roman culture.
🇫🇷 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.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 in France Region 1, France is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇫🇷 France · Rock-cut
Burrup Peninsula Engraving East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Burrup Peninsula Engraving East in Dordogne, France is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector
Neolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic
Westernmost major Carnac alignments sector east of Kermario, with dense rows and western horseshoe cromlech excavated by Zacharie Le Rouzic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Cairn de Gavrinis Annex — Er Lannic Double Cromlech
Late Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic
Unique tidal double circle excavated by Le Rouzic, half-submerged at high tide revealing Neolithic sea-level, with horseshoe settings.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Table des Marchands — Locmariaquer Passage Grave
Neolithic (4000–3500 BCE) · Morbihan megalithic
Flagship Morbihan passage grave, capstone once part of broken Grand Menhir of Er Grah, decorated with hook and hatchet carvings.
🇫🇷 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).
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Allée Couverte de la Pierre Couvretière (Essé Variant)
Late Neolithic · Armorican Late Neolithic
Secondary allée couverte near La Roche aux Fées at Essé (c. 3000 BCE), 8 m gallery in schist with orthostats and capstones, smaller companion to famous 19.5 m La Roche aux Fées, demonstrating…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Kerguntuil (Trégastel)
Late Neolithic · Armorican Late Neolithic
Gallery dolmen (allée couverte) at Trégastel, Côte de Granit Rose (c. 3200–2600 BCE), 11 m long gallery in pink granite with 16 orthostats and capstones, entrance flanked by portal stones, tumulus…
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Abri du Pape at Brassempouy
Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) · Gravettian / Noailles
Rock shelter at Brassempouy, Landes, famous for Gravettian occupation (29,000–22,000 BP) yielding the Dame de Brassempouy ivory Venus (23,000 BP) and eight other ivory figurines, with rich Gravettian…
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Harbour Mole Submerged Europe 113 — France Region 5
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Harbour Mole Submerged Europe 113 — France Region 5 in France Region 5, France is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Southern Extension
Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Southern Extension in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Northern Annex
Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Northern Annex in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier
Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Tumulus
Tumulus Saint-Michel Annex Cist South — Eastern Outlier
Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Tumulus Saint-Michel Annex Cist South — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet Panel of Horses Central Wall
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Chauvet Panel of Horses Central Wall in Ardèche, Chauvet, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central in Lot, Pech Merle, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Carnac Le Ménec Western Alignment B
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Carnac Le Ménec Western Alignment B in Brittany, Carnac, France is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Gavrinis — North Face Ancillary Tablet Cache
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Gavrinis — North Face Ancillary Tablet Cache in Brittany, Morbihan, Larmor-Baden, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art at…
🇫🇷 France · Tumulus
Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois) in Burgundy, Côte-d'Or, Mont Lassois, France is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hal…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cosquer Cave
Gravettian–Solutrean ~27–19 ka BP · Gravettian–Solutrean coastal
Submerged 27 ka painted cave 37 m under Mediterranean with great-auk and hand stencils.