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New geophysical surveys at the famous Carnac Alignments show that this prehistoric landscape, packed with thousands of standing stones and other megalithic structures, has even more monuments hiding beneath its surface. In this video, I discuss the results of these surveys which have been published in the journal Archaeological Prospection and which focus on the areas surrounding the Kerlescan Alignments and the Manio megaliths. Could this new data help finally answer the question, what were the Carnac Stones for?
#archaeology #megalithic #neolithic
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 The Remarkable Landscape of Carnac
00:56 The Megalithic Monuments We Can See
01:45 Recent Research on the Carnac Stones
03:40 The First Signs of a Hidden World
05:13 Cooking Stone Pits: Ritual or Domestic Use?
07:47 New Burial Mounds and an Unusual Structure
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Bruniaux, G., Mathé, V., Agogué, O., Lopez, S., Paillou, P., Perschke, R. and Ard, V., 2026. Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France). Archaeological Prospection.
Blanchard A, Guyodo J-N, Paulsson BS, Montassier F. Le Plasker in Plouharnel (fifth millennium cal BC): a newly discovered section of the megalithic complex of Carnac. Antiquity. 2025;99(406):915-934. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10123
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Figures from the paper on the geophysical surveys as referenced above.
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Figures from the paper on Le Plasker as referenced above.
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Dolmen at Carnac, credit: Mike Peel
Rows of alignments, credit: Karsten Wentink
Kerbourgnec Alignments, credit: Nweider
Locmariaquer Menhir, credit: Pierre André Leclercq
Er Lannic stone circle, credit: Pierre F631
Kermario Alignments, credit: Zairon
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Carnac stones intermingled with houses, credit: Pinpin
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Kerlescan Alignments, credit: Myrabella
Manio quadrilatera from a sidel, credit: Yann Gwilhoù
Manio quadrilateral from a corner, credit: Michael Kranewitter
Manio Giant vertical image, credit: Binche
Petit-Ménec alignments, credit: Wikinade
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Manio Giant
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New geophysical surveys at the famous Carnac Alignments show that this prehistoric landscape, packed with thousands of standing stones and other megalithic structures, has even more monuments hiding beneath its surface. In this video, I discuss the results of these surveys which have been published in the journal Archaeological Prospection and which focus on the areas surrounding the Kerlescan Alignments and the Manio megaliths. Could this new data help finally answer the question, what were the Carnac Stones for?
#archaeology #megalithic #neolithic
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 The Remarkable Landscape of Carnac
00:56 The Megalithic Monuments We Can See
01:45 Recent Research on the Carnac Stones
03:40 The First Signs of a Hidden World
05:13 Cooking Stone Pits: Ritual or Domestic Use?
07:47 New Burial Mounds and an Unusual Structure
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
✨ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALS
BlueSky: @MegalithHunter.bsky.social
✨ REFERENCES
Bruniaux, G., Mathé, V., Agogué, O., Lopez, S., Paillou, P., Perschke, R. and Ard, V., 2026. Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France). Archaeological Prospection.
Blanchard A, Guyodo J-N, Paulsson BS, Montassier F. Le Plasker in Plouharnel (fifth millennium cal BC): a newly discovered section of the megalithic complex of Carnac. Antiquity. 2025;99(406):915-934. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10123
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
Google Earth
Locations
CC-BY-NC 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Figures from the paper on the geophysical surveys as referenced above.
CC BY 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Figures from the paper on Le Plasker as referenced above.
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Dolmen at Carnac, credit: Mike Peel
Rows of alignments, credit: Karsten Wentink
Kerbourgnec Alignments, credit: Nweider
Locmariaquer Menhir, credit: Pierre André Leclercq
Er Lannic stone circle, credit: Pierre F631
Kermario Alignments, credit: Zairon
CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Carnac stones intermingled with houses, credit: Pinpin
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Kerlescan Alignments, credit: Myrabella
Manio quadrilatera from a sidel, credit: Yann Gwilhoù
Manio quadrilateral from a corner, credit: Michael Kranewitter
Manio Giant vertical image, credit: Binche
Petit-Ménec alignments, credit: Wikinade
Public domain
Manio Giant
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