Menhir de Champ-Dolent, Neolithic megalithic monument near Dol-de-Bretagne, France.
This pink granite menhir stands 9.5 meters tall and weighs approximately 100 tons, rising from the Breton countryside where it has stood for over 6000 years.
Erected around 4500 BC during the Neolithic period, this ancient stone monument was classified as a French historical monument in 1889 by the Ministry of Culture.
Local legends tell that this stone emerged from the ground to separate two feuding brothers, giving it the name Champ-Dolent meaning field of sorrow.
The site is located 2 kilometers south of Dol-de-Bretagne, accessible via departmental road D795 with parking facilities and a picnic area available for visitors.
This is the second tallest menhir in Brittany and the largest standing megalithic monument in the region, carved from granite quarried 4 kilometers away.
Location: دول-دو-برتانی
GPS coordinates: 48.53532,-1.73936
Latest update: November 4, 2025 10:36
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Golf des Ormes
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Église Saint-Pierre d'Épiniac
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Chapelle de Vilhoët
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2.1 km
Statue de Notre-Dame de Dol
2.1 km
Town hall of Dol-de-Bretagne
1.9 km
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance de Mont-Dol
4.6 km
Abbatiale de Dol-de-Bretagne
1.6 km
Stalles de la cathédrale Saint-Samson de Dol-de-Bretagne
2.1 km
Cathèdre de la cathédrale Saint-Samson de Dol-de-Bretagne
2.1 km
Maître-autel de l'église Saint-Pierre d'Épiniac
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