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Neither Brittany nor Stonehenge has a monopoly on dolmens, menhirs and other cromlechs. The proof is found in Le Thyl-Dessus, between Saint-Jean and Modane.

A path, marked off with stones engraved with human footprints (once again!), leads to an impressive megalith laid-out in the fashion of a dolmen (i.e. a protohistoric funeral monument). A votive axe made from polished stone was discovered at the site and is now exhibited in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne’s museum.

For aficionados of this type of thing, a cromlech (a stone circle marking off an area devoted to ceremonial rites), can be seen in Maurienne, at Fontcouverte.

On the archaeological path

 

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