Stuart,
Pleased you found the pics interesting. The area around the Gulf of Morbihan
is well worth a visit if you're into "antiquities" - all sorts of stuff.
It's about 60 miles SSE of Rostrenen - make a good day trip if you have the
time.
The carvings in the Dolmen des Pierres Plates are my favourites in this
series - may not look much but they were not easy to get. This is one of the
few tombs in the area with good carvings which are not closely managed. Thus
it is possible to take photographs - but no lights, etc. Don't use flash
very much generally & was very pleased to get anything usable at all. The
site is just to the west of Locmariaquer, right on the beach & accessible
anytime.
If you are able, do visit Gavrinis - the carvings are absolutely stunning (&
very well lit - no photograph allowed unfortunately) - you can get a boat
from Larmor-Baden.
Don't think I've visited the site you mentioned - not surprised, so much to
see in Brittany. Sure you'll have a good time... :-)
Regards - Martyn Smoothy
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
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Sent: 02 October 2006 13:29
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Some pictures...
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...
>
>
>
> 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...
>
>
>
> 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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