Alignements du Ménec, Carnac, Morbihan, Brittany, France

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Shooting date : 2021-01-02

set of 1,050 menhirs, on 11 rows, Built between the 5th and 3rd millennia BC, these stone alignments could be a giant calendar that specified the important periods of agriculture and formed a means of determining the weather to be able to feed oneself, agriculture being the main source of food in the Neolithic period.

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Area / Naturalness / Natural area

Landscape

Science / Meteorology / Meteorological phenomenon / Sky / Cloud

Ambiance / Seasons / Temperate season / Winter

Europe / European Union / France / Brittany / Morbihan 56

Shot / Outdoor

Shot / Overview

Human Settlement / Historic monument

History / Archeological site / Megalith / Menhir

Earth's crust / Rock / Magmatic rock / Igneous plutonic rock / Granite

January

Enumeration / Lane

Prehistory / Neolithic

Enumeration / Nobody

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