This is France's tallest standing stone 31 feet/9 metres and is believed to be 5,000 years old.
Newlyweds would visit the stones.
It is properly the westernmost standing stone in France as well.
Monday, 23 February 2009
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Zennor, Cornwall, England
D.H. Lawrence, the author came here in 1916 with his german-born wife, but was ordered to leave by police because of suspicions they were german spies.
There is also a mermaid legend.
There is also the 5,000 years-old Zennor Quoit, a capstoned stone age tomb.
There is also a mermaid legend.
There is also the 5,000 years-old Zennor Quoit, a capstoned stone age tomb.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Lake Bala, Wales/Cymru
This is the only place where the gwyniad, a trout-like fish can be found.
The river Dee flows north out of the lake.
The river Dee flows north out of the lake.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Pumpsaint, Dyfed , Wales/cymru
The Romans mined gold here for their coinage, the gold having been mined since Iron Age man.
Pumpsaint means five saints
Pumpsaint means five saints
Whitesand Bay, near st david Dyfed wales/cymru
It is here that that the Stonehenge bluestones were supposedly transported from to Salisbury Plain.
St Patrick supposedly made his last journey to Ireland from here
St Patrick supposedly made his last journey to Ireland from here
Friday, 23 May 2008
Naeroyfjord, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway/Norge
This 17km fjord is the narrowest fjord in Europe, only 300 metres wide at one point.
http://www.naeroyfjord.com/
http://www.naeroyfjord.com/
Carnmenyn, mynydd Preseli, Dyfed Wales/Cymru
Carnmenyn is where the bluestones erected at Stonehenge were quarried about 4,000 years ago.
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