Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Alignement du Ménec
Carnac, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- L'alignement (cad. BH 122, BI 159, 163 à 165, 216, 217, N 863, 906, 1182) : classement par liste de 1889
- Protection dates
- 1889 : classé MH
- Type
- alignement, site archéologique
- Main period of construction
- Néolithique
- Ownership
- propriété de l'État
- Lieu-dit
- le Ménec
- Commune
- Carnac
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091074
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
3000 menhirs répartis sur 40 hectares et 4 kilomètres de longueur selon une organisation architecturée.
English translation
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History
3000 menhirs distributed over 40 hectares and 4 kilometres in length according to an organised arrangement.
Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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