Excellent, I particularly like the Dolmen at Pierres Plates, never
seen any like that before. Have you ever seen the one at Coat Maël
near Maël Pestivien? that's a huge one, I only have a poor quality
scanned photo of it somewhere if I can find it I'll put it on flickr.
We, the wife & myself, just came across it once, I've never seen
anything written about it. Here's a picture I took near Carnac a while
ago that you may like http://www.flickr.com/photos/restmengi/230751417/.
We're in Brittany again for a week from next Friday night, is there
anyone over there would like to say hello one day? I could pop up or
down, we're staying near Rostrenen.
Stuart
Martyn Smoothy wrote:
> As promised - a few pics, mostly of old ruins...
> Doesn't do justice to the place :-)
> http://archaeoimages.com/Brittany-01/index.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Martyn Smoothy
> Sent: 01 October 2006 13:52
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Some pictures...
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>
>
> Manuel,
>
> We were in Brittany in May, stayed in Locmariaquer (a few miles SE of you &
> Chris) & had a great time visiting the many archaeological sites (&
> restaurants) around the Golfe du Morbihan. The only disappointment of the
> trip was Carnac - the stones may be regimented but there is no need for the
> visitors to be. There may be good reasons to protect specific parts of the
> monument or even to restrict access at particularly busy periods but the
> current blanket ban can't be justified on conservation grounds (English
> Heritage have even accepted this point in the case of Stonehenge). I think
> you must be right that the cause is essentially political - wasn't really
> aware of the scale of the local controversy.
>
> If I get time I'll post some pictures of the visit.
>
> Regards,
>
> Martyn Smoothy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Manuel Viet
> Sent: 01 October 2006 13:21
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Some pictures...
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>
>
> Le dimanche 01 Octobre 2006 13:57, Chris Barker a écrit :
>
>> ... the stones at Carnac (a little too regimented for my liking, although
>>
> I
>
>> understand why).
>>
>
> Huuummm... Things may be vastly different under the surface than what they
> appear to be at first sight. Carnac stones are at the center of a raging
> controversy. Basically, the Sate has conficated the stones under the
> pretense
> of protecting them from the touristic crowd. But it's not that clear cut,
> and
> locals suspect the State wanted to get the lion share of the money generated
> by the tourists, by forcing them into a paying tour. The answer of the State
> is there existed other stones gathering bigger than Carnac in Britanny, but
> locals dynamited them at the beginning of the XXth century to expand their
> fields, hence, the protection.
>
> All in all, a very twisted maze of crossed interests.
>
> But do the tourists represent a threat to the stones in the first place ?
> Many
> think that the stones were not in danger, and greed only deprived visitors
> from the free access to what was for centuries a marvel of pre-historical
> times.
>
>
>> We did not think of going to Quimper as it seemed so large, but we
>> realised that we were only touching the surface of the place. I will
>> remind you of your offer, perhaps next year :-)
>>
>
> You're welcome. In general, I'm there in august, but I can't be sure at this
> time of the year.
>
> --
> Manuel Viet
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