🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Barnenez South Passage Chamber
Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Barnenez South Passage Chamber in Brittany, Ploudalmézeau, France is a Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de la Fabière
Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Dolmen de la Fabière in Occitanie, Lozère, Causse Méjean, France is a Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignements de Kermario at Carnac
Middle to Late Neolithic (c.4800–3500 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Carnac tradition)
Largest Carnac alignment — 982 menhirs in 10 rows (1,120 m) between Ménec and Kerlescan with Kermario dolmen inside.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignements de Kerlescan at Carnac
Middle to Late Neolithic (c.4800–3500 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Carnac tradition)
Eastern Carnac alignment: 555 stones in 13 rows (880 m) ending in semicircular cromlech and 6.5 m Manio giant.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignements du Ménec — Carnac
Early to Middle Neolithic (c.4500–3000 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic (Castellic/Chasséen-derived Atlantic)
Ménec (Early–Middle Neolithic c.4500–3000 BCE) is the westernmost and largest Carnac alignment: 11 parallel rows 1,167 m long with 1,099 menhirs descending from a western cromlech (egg-shaped 100 ×…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Carnac — Le Ménec-Kerlescan Kerb Row Link Loop
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Carnac — Le Ménec-Kerlescan Kerb Row Link Loop in Brittany, Morbihan, Carnac, France is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic att…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Alignements de Lagatjar
Late Neolithic · Western Brittany Neolithic (Océan Atlantic Megalithic)
Crozon's triple stone rows — 72 menhirs (to 2.1 m) in three 200 m parallel alignments near Camaret.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Locmariaquer Megaliths
Middle Neolithic (~4700–4000 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic (Castellic)
Three interlinked monuments on the Gulf of Morbihan: the shattered 20.6-m Grand Menhir Brisé – heaviest moved stone in Europe at 280 tonnes before earthquake toppling; the Table des Marchand passage…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Kerzerho Alignments
Middle Neolithic · Morbihan megalithic
1.1 km Morbihan alignment of 190 menhirs in 10 rows south of Kerzerho, with circular enclosure and dolmens.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet Cave
Aurignacian, Upper Paleolithic (~37,000–33,000 BCE) · Aurignacian hunter-gatherer
Sealed Aurignacian cave above the Ardèche gorge containing the earliest known figurative art, with over 430 animal representations including woolly rhinoceros, cave lions, panthers and megaloceros…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Filitosa
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Corsican Megalithic → Torréen (Bronze Age)
Corsican valley site with Torréen statue-menhirs bearing sculpted swords and faces protected by cyclopean towers, 3500-1200 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Tumuli de Champ-Châlon
Middle Neolithic · Poitou-Charentes Atlantic
Necropolis of four tumuli (B and C registered MH 1992) at Benon, Poitou-Charentes, trapezoidal passage graves, c.4000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Mané-Bras
Middle Neolithic · Morbihan Atlantic
Passage grave near Locmariaquer, Morbihan, part of Locmariaquer-Carnac megalithic concentration, c.4000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen des Pierres Folles (Commequiers)
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Vendée Atlantic
18 m gallery grave (allée couverte) near Commequiers, Vendée, Pierre Folle road, 3000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Er Lannic Stone Circles
Early to Late Neolithic · Morbihan Atlantic
Tidal double stone circle on Er Lannic island, Gulf of Morbihan, half-submerged, 4500 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
La Roche aux Fées
Late Neolithic · Western French Neolithic
Major passage dolmen near Rennes — 19.5 m passage of 45-tonne schist slabs, largest in Upper Brittany.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Taputapuātea Marae Complex
Early Marae 1000–1500 CE classical Polynesian (peak 1350–1773) · Polynesian / Ra'iātean (Ma'ohi)
Polynesia's most sacred marae center (1000–1773 CE) on 31 ha lagoon peninsula tip Taputapuatea, with 60×45 m marae Taputapuatea (stone national marae) and 16 other marae including Hauviri and Opoa,…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Torana Gateway Relief North — Dordogne (Sarlat)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Torana Gateway Relief North in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de la Pierre Virante
Middle Neolithic · Vendée Atlantic
Paired dolmens (Virante I and II) near Soullans, Vendée, shared mound, c.3500 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Rock-cut
Ollantaytambo Fountain Terrace West — Dordogne (Sarlat)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Ollantaytambo Fountain Terrace West in Dordogne, France is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Tipón Canal Aqueduct North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tipón Canal Aqueduct North in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Pushkarini Tank Steps North — Dordogne (Sarlat)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Pushkarini Tank Steps North in Dordogne, France is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works
Barbegal Aqueduct and Roman Mill Complex
Roman 2nd c. CE (Hadrianic c.118–122 CE) · Roman (Gallia Narbonensis)
Barbegal – 2nd c. Roman 16-mill industrial factory on Alpilles scarp, fed by two parallel aqueducts from Eygalières (8 km and 11 km).
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Bagneux
Middle Neolithic · Loire Neolithic / Chambon group
Largest French dolmen — 23 m long passage of taf limestone slabs with 40-tonne capstones near Saumur.