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Alignement du Bois de la Folie

alignement du Bois de la Folie

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The alignment of Bois de la Folie is a megalithic alignment located in Renac in the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine.

Description: The alignment consists of four menhirs that follow a north-south axis. The menhir, the northerly, is lying down. It is 2.30 m long for 1.50 m wide and 1.40 m thick. 5 m south of this first menhir, the one located in the centre of the alignment is called the Red Stone. It is a 4 m high quartzite block with a width of 4.10 m and a thickness of 1.60 m. It would be pushed down two meters deep. Its shape resembles "two trapezes of unequal height welded by their large base". Its west side has about 2.10 m high, a cupula. On both sides, about 2 m away are two other menhirs. The first is standing, it is 2 m high for 2.50 m wide and 1.20 m thick. The second is laid, it is 2.30 m long for 1.50 m wide and 1.40 m thick. About 17 m east of this alignment, there is a fourth inverted menhir in white quartz that measures 2.70 m long...