3-034-618 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Tumulus of St. Michael's Mount, 1871. View of the Saint-Michel tumulus, a megalithic grave mound east of Carnac in Brittany, France. It is the largest grave mound in continental Europe. 'There is an artificial mound, 80 ft. high, a quarter of a mile from the village of Carnac, upon which a small chapel, dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, was built when Christianity was introduced into the district. This mound is situated half a mile south of the great lines of stones, and commands a striking view of their vast array. In some places they are of towering height; in other places they are small; but this difference is evidently a matter of arrangement - the largest stones in each group are towards the west end, and their size gradually diminishes towards the east'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.