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A hardware store is being built on a site of 39 menhirs in Carnac, the most extensive megalithic site in the world, located on the southern coast of Brittany, France.
A previous request for a building permit had been rejected by Carnac town hall in 2015, after the National Institute of Preventive Archæological Research (INRAP) had conducted a survey reporting the probable discovery of an unprecedented megalithic alignment composed of at least 38 monoliths. It stated that only additional observations on them, or even an excavation, would allow the Neolithic origin of this ensemble to be certified.
The site was also registered since 2015 by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) that lists archæological sites. It included 2 rows of small granite stelæ, each extending over 50 metres. It was also on a tentative list with 397 megalithic sites of the area to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage.
Pictured: menhir alignments at Carnac and pictures of the stelæ before destruction in 2015.
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A previous request for a building permit had been rejected by Carnac town hall in 2015, after the National Institute of Preventive Archæological Research (INRAP) had conducted a survey reporting the probable discovery of an unprecedented megalithic alignment composed of at least 38 monoliths. It stated that only additional observations on them, or even an excavation, would allow the Neolithic origin of this ensemble to be certified.
The site was also registered since 2015 by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) that lists archæological sites. It included 2 rows of small granite stelæ, each extending over 50 metres. It was also on a tentative list with 397 megalithic sites of the area to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage.
Pictured: menhir alignments at Carnac and pictures of the stelæ before destruction in 2015.
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A hardware store is being built on a site of 39 menhirs in Carnac, the most extensive megalithic site in the world, located on the southern coast of Brittany, France.
A previous request for a building permit had been rejected by Carnac town hall in 2015, after the National Institute of Preventive Archæological Research (INRAP) had conducted a survey reporting the probable discovery of an unprecedented megalithic alignment composed of at least 38 monoliths. It stated that only additional observations on them, or even an excavation, would allow the Neolithic origin of this ensemble to be certified.
The site was also registered since 2015 by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) that lists archæological sites. It included 2 rows of small granite stelæ, each extending over 50 metres. It was also on a tentative list with 397 megalithic sites of the area to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage.
Pictured: menhir alignments at Carnac and pictures of the stelæ before destruction in 2015.
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A previous request for a building permit had been rejected by Carnac town hall in 2015, after the National Institute of Preventive Archæological Research (INRAP) had conducted a survey reporting the probable discovery of an unprecedented megalithic alignment composed of at least 38 monoliths. It stated that only additional observations on them, or even an excavation, would allow the Neolithic origin of this ensemble to be certified.
The site was also registered since 2015 by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) that lists archæological sites. It included 2 rows of small granite stelæ, each extending over 50 metres. It was also on a tentative list with 397 megalithic sites of the area to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage.
Pictured: menhir alignments at Carnac and pictures of the stelæ before destruction in 2015.
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