| With its drystone hedges, bedraggled cottages, enigmatic stone menhirs, and rainswept green fields, Jejudo has something of a Celtic feel. |
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| There are two menhirs still exist in the area of Carpignano: the fats and the menhir menhir Staurotomea. |
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| All of the stone circles, menhirs, dolmens, etc., of the British Isles were constructed by peoples who antedated the Celts by one to three thousand years. |
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| These aren't just menhirs, they are neolithic sculptures for, amazingly, the stones have carved faces. |
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| In order to modify the heathen faiths linked with the cult of raised stones, most of the menhirs were lying on the ground. |
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| This region is well known for it menhirs, the large rocks and megalithes that are known as dolmens by the locals. |
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| While many monuments consist of separate stones raised on end as menhirs, stone circles, and avenues, the same technique was often used in walling chambers. |
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| The dragon-crest tor rising from moist haze westerly is Carn Goedog, whence came the speckled dolerite menhirs of Stonehenge. |
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| The presence of so many dolmens and menhirs proves the human presence during the prehistory. |
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| Vineyards, olive groves, forests, four dolmens and two menhirs are visited. |
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| Land of legends where menhirs and chapels are to be found in their thousands. |
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| Dolmens, menhirs and cromlech dating back to the Neolithic era can also be found on the Causses. |
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| Dolmens, menhirs, capitelles, lavognes, clapasses succeed one another at the rate of your stroll by arousing surprise and enthusiasm. |
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| In the state of Victoria, in Boulder Country, there exists a gigantic megalithic complex that contains cromlechs and menhirs that are 20 meters in height. |
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| The archeological site adjacent to the cave presents a heritage of 31 dolmens, 5 ancient burial mounds, 4 cromlechs and 2 menhirs, and the Museum of Prehistory exhibits countless relics found on site. |
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| An example of the latter, an array of forty lacquered wood menhirs with small formal variations, greeted viewers at the show's entrance. |
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| So the fury of Frank's finger passes to those of us who have been benumbed by today's proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs — street after street a corridor of dead souls. |
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| In the south of Kaolack have been found megalithic monuments in laterite, whose resemblance to the French Breton menhirs is astonishing, as well as tumulus testifying to old existence of a civilization of sun admirers. |
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| Not far from the town are several archaeological sites, such as Monte Terli, in which there are some domus de Janas carved into the rock, and the remains of a nuraghe, a tomb and two giant menhirs at S'Ortali and Su Monti. |
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| The village has up to 11 prehistorical menhirs and in the surroundings of the house it is possible to visit several monuments belonging to different periods. |
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| The most accepted theory about the meaning of the alignments is that the lines of menhirs are orientated in order to face the sunrises during the solstices and equinoxes. |
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| The Celts were the first historically identifiable inhabitants of Brittany, but they probably intermingled with the earlier peoples who built the great stone monuments, the menhirs and dolmens, that still stand. |
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| The small carved menhirs here are simple but haunting: staring, weather-beaten faces, clothes and weapons were all worked into this granite, in some cases more than 6,000 years ago. |
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| In Europe, menhirs sometimes were used to mark springs. |
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| The origins of Ugento cannot be proved by documents but thanks to the recovery of menhirs, dolmens and Messapian Walls we are sure that this village was founded during the prehistoric age. |
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| The archaeological monuments are at the edge of the track without protection, some children played hide-and-seek between the menhirs, new album of Astérix. |
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| Witness the origin of the remote territory is the great archaeological heritage: dolmens, menhirs, nuraghi graves of giants, domus de Janas, are the indelible marks left by ancient and diverse populations. |
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| Les Menhirs: Greyish clay in depth with very large 1 to 30 ton stone blocks shaped like menhirs are sometimes found in this clay at different depths. |
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| Play tribes of imp, and try to grow menhirs from seeds. |
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| Some menhirs have been erected next to buildings that often have an early or current religious significance. |
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| Furthermore, there are parallels in the initial tradition of menhirs in both regions, and similarities in the motifs that are employed. |
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| Almost nothing is known of the social organization or religious beliefs of the people who erected the menhirs. |
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| In Sweden by the 13th century menhirs were erected as markers for the graves of warriors. |
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| Several of these old menhirs exist in Qohaito, Eritrea, and date to a period before the founding of the Kingdom of Axum. |
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| They believe that the menhirs are the ancients of the U'wa clans who were turned into the stone piers of the world. |
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| Numerous megalithic monuments and menhirs are present on Anglesey, testifying to the presence of humans in prehistory. |
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| Neolithic farmers then settled on its coast and built the dolmens and menhirs found in the islands today. |
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| Various menhirs and dolmens are located around the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo. |
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| Turn to the right, and walk up to reach the menhirs. |
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| The discovery and reconstruction of the prehistoric monuments continues and our voyage of discovery to the dolmens and menhirs will also continue, maybe in the spring and autumn when it is dry, and not so hot. |
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| The projecting ledge of Chabusse, with its three beautiful menhirs and the more little fourth, has also other vestiges of successive occupations hereabouts. |
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| A cromlech is a set of menhirs arranged in circle. |
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| The dolmens and menhirs of the area of Albera and Cap de Creus stand out as the most notable places of our history, as well as the Greco-Roman remains of Empúries and the Citadel of Roses. |
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| Where menhirs appear in groups, often in a circular, oval, henge or horseshoe formation, they are sometimes called megalithic monuments. |
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| Brittany stands out in the distribution of menhirs by virtue of both the density of monuments and the diversity of types. |
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| On the island of Corsica, menhirs are found in Filitosa, a megalithic site in southern Corsica. |
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| On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high. |
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| Gower is also home to menhirs or standing stones from the Bronze Age. |
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| There are 114 menhirs in the Provincial Park Los Menhires in Argentina. |
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| Some menhirs were broken up and incorporated into later passage graves, where they had new megalithic art carved with little regard for the previous pictures. |
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| Ireland is rich in menhirs, standing stones which are usually located in farmer's fields and are heavily worn due to poor weather conditions and exposure to livestock. |
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| Buckwheat whisky is produced by Distillerie des Menhirs in Brittany, France, and by several distillers in the United States. |
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| Menhirs were erected by the U'wa people of Colombia in their ancestral territory. |
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