Alignement de Crozon

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The alignment of Lostmarc'h is a megalithic alignment located in the municipality of Crozon, in the Finistère department in France.

History: In 1835 de Fréminville mentioned two alignments, the largest with eleven stones. In 1876, René-François Le Men also mentioned "two parallel alignments, one of eleven stones and the other of three." In 1880, according to a map of Paul du Châtellier the site still has eleven stones. In 1910, according to the observations of Commander Alfred Devoir thirteen stones on two lines, five of which were still standing, were visible. In 1929, B. Le Pontois reported that the site was in "a lamentable state." The site is listed as historical monuments by order of 23 May 1980.

Description: The alignment consists of about fifteen menhirs, of which six are still standing. The largest menhir is 2.90 m high. Although the tip of Lostmarc'h consists of Ordovician scales based on sulphide-rich ampelites, the stones of the alignment are all quartzite, the blocks having been taken a little further, in the cliffs of the Long Point.