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... menhir , and the statue of the Virgin is niched over the fountain of remote date , where once the Korrigan reigned supreme ; but the worship is still full of dark superstition , a strange mixture of Chris- tianity and of the paganism of ...
... menhir , and the statue of the Virgin is niched over the fountain of remote date , where once the Korrigan reigned supreme ; but the worship is still full of dark superstition , a strange mixture of Chris- tianity and of the paganism of ...
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... menhirs and dolmens are to be seen and examined . Cornouaille , with its chief city of Quimper , does not embrace the whole of Finistère , but reaches from Quimperlé to Brest northwards , and as far as Morlaix and to Pontivy eastwards ...
... menhirs and dolmens are to be seen and examined . Cornouaille , with its chief city of Quimper , does not embrace the whole of Finistère , but reaches from Quimperlé to Brest northwards , and as far as Morlaix and to Pontivy eastwards ...
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... menhir near Pontchâteau , called le Fuseau de la Madelaine , and at some distance from it is the famous Château de Blain , said to have been founded by Alain Fergent , though some of it is much later . All that now remains are two ...
... menhir near Pontchâteau , called le Fuseau de la Madelaine , and at some distance from it is the famous Château de Blain , said to have been founded by Alain Fergent , though some of it is much later . All that now remains are two ...
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... menhirs here are said to be flung about promiscuously ; they are very numerous , and with the curious dolmens are ... menhir called the Chapeau Rouge stands close to the road leading to Malestroit , and near the village of Carhon is an ...
... menhirs here are said to be flung about promiscuously ; they are very numerous , and with the curious dolmens are ... menhir called the Chapeau Rouge stands close to the road leading to Malestroit , and near the village of Carhon is an ...
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... menhirs here are said to be flung about promiscuously ; they are very numerous , and with the curious dolmens are ... menhir called the Chapeau Rouge stands close to the road leading to Malestroit , and near the village of Carhon is an ...
... menhirs here are said to be flung about promiscuously ; they are very numerous , and with the curious dolmens are ... menhir called the Chapeau Rouge stands close to the road leading to Malestroit , and near the village of Carhon is an ...
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