(Photo Essay 7) Goddess Pilgrimage 2017 by Kaalii Cargill

[Author’s Note: In July 2017, I set out on a 4 month pilgrimage to the Unites States, Italy, France, Spain, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt. I name it a “pilgrimage” because my main focus is what I call “visiting with the Grandmothers”, although I also encountered many other wonderful people and places. This series of Photo Essays is an invitation for you to visit with the Grandmothers I met on my journey . . .]

Carnac, Brittany, France 

Evidence of human habitation has been found in Brittany dating back to the Lower Paleolithic. One of the oldest hearths in the world has been found at Plouhinec in Finistère – 450,000 years old. Neolithic Brittany is characterised by megalithic culture, with the largest collection of prehistoric standing stones in the world: menhirs, dolmens, tumuli. No Grandmother statues or carvings have been found in the area, but there is some beautiful jewellery from c4500 BCE.

Necklace worn 6500 years ago
Shell necklace or belt, c4625 BCE
6000 year old  stone jewellery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kercado tumulus or passage mound, c 4700 BCE. The mound is surrounded by a circle of stones and has a menhir on its peak. The entrance faces towards midwinter sunrise.
So called Saint-Michel Tumulus, named for the christian era chapel built on top. Dating to the 5th Millennium BCE, this is the largest grave mound in continental Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The interior wall of the Kercado tumulus, with petroglyphs
Inside the Kercado tumulus chamber, looking out to the entrance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing stones – 4 kilometres of alignments with up to 11 rows of stones
Part of the Le Menec alignment, originally 60 to 70 megaliths, now running through the gardens of houses and a restaurant
Shaped standing stones – natural or crafted?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kerluir Dolmen
Kerlescan Dolmen – part of a double-chambered tumulus, mostly uncovered. c4500 BCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. These are amazing photographs full of mystery – the one that captures my heart the most is the Kercado mound and the Kerescan Doleman. I feel like I could just climb into both. Thank you Kaalli for sharing these images of beauty and mystery.

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