The granite menhir du Cloître in Huelgoat is one of the biggest in inland Finistère at just over 8m tall and 2x1m at the base; once part of a group of at least four menhirs the rest of which were broken up. Card by Villard in Quimper 1904 or earlier.

The passage grave of Mané-Rutual in Locmariaquer (Morbihan) has a 10m long passage leading to a chamber roofed with an 11x4m capstone which broke during an early excavation. Card by Le Rouzic c.1905. #TombTuesday.

This general view of the alignments at Menec in Carnac (Morbihan) was first issued by photographer and publisher Emile Hamonic in St-Brieuc in 1903 and print runs were still being made in the mid 1920s.

The menhir of La Pierre Levée or Bélinac in Livernon (Lot) is the tallest in the département at 3.5m tall. It leans slightly to one side. Card by Baudel a bookseller in St-Céré 1912 or earlier. #StandingStoneSunday.

The allée couverte of La Contrie in Ernée (Mayenne) has an 8m long chamber with 3 capstones on 11 orthostats, originally paved with large flat slabs, and a small terminal cell. Its other name of Caveau du Diable presumably comes from local folklore.

The menhir of Le Repaire in Esse (Charente) is 2.65m tall. An inventory by Michon in 1844 records a story that a follower of Charlemagne burned candles around it in 789. Card by J.S.D. in Angoulême 1910s or earlier.

La Planche à Puare on Ile d’Yeu (Vendée) is a transepted passage grave with 2 chambers on either side and a larger terminal cell. Early excavations recovered bones of 5 people. Card by Robuchon pre-1904.

The menhir of Champ Dolent in Dol-de-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine) is made from pink granite and stands over 9m tall. A 3m tall cross was added at some point but was removed c.1920 or earlier. Card by the Bazar de la Ménagère c.1905.

The allée couverte of Créac’h-Gallic in Goulven (Finistère) has a short chamber covered by a single capstone with a terminal cell at the NW end and kerbstones to support the cairn. Card and negative by Le Bourdonnec in Brest. #TombTuesday.

The dolmen of Kermorvant in Moustoir-Ac (Morbihan) has a 3x2.5m capstone on 4 low orthostats. No trace of a passage survives so maybe not part of a bigger structure. Card by David in Vannes c.1905.

The isolated menhir of Kerluir in Carnac (Morbihan) stands to the south of the Kermario alignements close to a dolmen. It is just over 3m tall. Card by Carnac archaeologist Zacharie Le Rouzic c.1905. #StandingStoneSunday.

The menhir of La Pierre Borne in Raon-l’Étape (Vosges) is made from local pink granite and stands just over 3m tall. Card by local publisher Gauchenot before 1904.

The menhir of Le Perray in Beaumont-Pied-de-Boeuf (Sarthe) is 5.6m tall. This card c.1905 by Huguet in Château-du-Loir using a negative by Cocu.

The dolmen of La Pierre Folle in Messé (Deux-Sèvres) had a capstone on 2 orthostats and a terminal slab. It was destroyed in the 1960s supposedly because it might fall and crush farm animals. Card by Moreau et Canon c.1905.

The menhir of La Pierre Longue in Le Croisic (Loire-Atlantique) is 2.4m tall. In C18 on the day of the Assumption people would gather at the menhir and call to the seagulls to bring their fishermen home safely. Card by Dugas in Nantes pre-1904.

The damaged allée couverte on Ile Milliau in Trébeurden (Côtes-d’Armor) still has 3 capstones on 15 orthostats and a 4th displaced capstone nearby but a 5th mentioned in early descriptions is lost as are several orthostats and the terminal slab. #TombTuesday.

This is the best preserved of 3 passage graves on Ile-Melon in Porspoder (Finistère). Card by Emile Hamonic in St-Brieuc c.1913.

The imposing granite menhir of Conguel-Goulvarc’h in Quiberon (Morbihan) is over 5m tall. Card by Levy in Paris 1910s. #StandingStoneSunday.

This view of the passage grave on the SW corner of the alignments of Kermario in Carnac (Morbihan), taken from the bend in the road, had been issued by local archaeologist and photographer Zacharie Le Rouzic by 1903 with several reprintings into the early 1930s.

The menhir of La Pierre Aiguë in Égriselles-le-Bocage (Yonne) is 3m tall and 1.6m wide at the base of the broad faces. Card by Ismael in Sens c.1905.

The allée couverte of La Justice in Épône (Yvelines) was damaged in C18 and only 5m of the chamber survives with 2 capstones on 5 orthostats and a 3rd slipped capstone. 7 other disturbed orthostats suggest that the chamber was originally at least 12m long.

La Pierre Levée in St-Paterne-Racan (Indre-et-Loire) is a slab-like menhir 2.5m tall but only 0.5m thick. In folklore it was known as “Pierre qui a poussé”, therefore one of several menhirs which were thought to have grown like a plant. Card by Neurdein in Paris c.1909.

In C19 on bank holidays like today villagers had a party at the dolmen angevin of La Frébouchère in Le Bernard (Vendée); the elderly sat inside drinking wine while younger ones danced on top of the 8x4m capstone. Card by Dando-Berry pre-1904. #TombTuesday.

In European folklore stone circles were often explained as young women petrified for dancing on a Sunday. Such is the case of the double cromlech of Les Demoiselles in Langon (Ille-et-Vilaine). Card by Lacroix in Châteaubriant c.1905.

The 7.5m tall menhir of Kerangallou in Trégunc (Finistère) was clearly once in a popular meeting place but is now on private land I believe. This card by Le Tendre is from c.1905 but the negative was probably taken pre-1904. #StandingStoneSunday.

The allée couverte of La Loge au Loup in Trédion (Morbihan) is of the type arc-bouté where the orthostats lean inwards to form a chamber with a tent-like inverted V-shaped profile. Only one capstone survives. Card by Henri Laurent in Port-Louis.

This c.1912 card by Maurice Tesson in Limoges shows a winding path through some of the smaller menhirs in the east of the alignments of Kermario in Carnac (Morbihan).

The dolmen of Champ-Vermeil in Bidon (Ardèche) is one of the biggest and best preserved of over 350 dolmens in the département. It has a single capstone on 5 orthostats. Card by René Vincenti pre-1904.

The menhir of La Verziau de Gargantua in Bois-lès-Pargny (Aisne) stands 5m tall. In one tradition it was a whetstone on which the giant sharpened his scythe, in another a piece of grit from his clog which he tossed away. Card by Barnaud c.1905.

This c.1905 view of the allée couverte of La Pierre Folle in Montguyon (Charente-Maritime) shows the 30-ton capstone over the back of the chamber with the smaller one behind; the stones on the left are from a 2nd dolmen that was added at a later date. #TombTuesday.