Carnac stones

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:alignment gptkb:Kerlescan_alignment
gptkb:Kermario_alignment
gptkb:Petit-Ménec_alignment
Ménec alignment
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:prehistoric_Europe
megalithic culture
gptkbp:built Neolithic period
gptkbp:consistsOf gptkb:castle
tumuli
dolmens
menhirs
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:culturalSignificance historic site
gptkbp:date c. 3300 BCE
c. 4500 BCE
gptkbp:department gptkb:Morbihan
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:World_War_II
agriculture
stone removal
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:James_Miln
gptkb:Zacharie_Le_Rouzic
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Asterix_comics
various documentaries
gptkbp:firstDocumented 18th century
gptkbp:hasVisitorCenter gptkb:Maison_des_Mégalithes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carnac stones
gptkbp:influencedBy Neolithic culture
gptkbp:largestMenhirHeight over 6 meters
gptkbp:largestMenhirWeight up to 50 tons
gptkbp:latitude 47.595
gptkbp:lengthOfAlignments over 4 kilometers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Carnac
gptkbp:longitude -3.082
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:French_Ministry_of_Culture
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Carnac
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:photographed numerous archaeologists
gptkbp:pieceCount over 3,000
gptkbp:protectedBy gptkb:Monument_historique
gptkbp:protectedStatusSince 1889
gptkbp:purpose unknown
gptkbp:region gptkb:Brittany
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
gptkbp:theoriesAboutPurpose gptkb:cemetery
religious
astronomical
territorial markers
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list 1996
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brittany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4