Menhir de Kerloas

Menhir de Kerloas is the biggest standing menhir in Europe, if not the world, at nearly 10 metres tall, and has lost the top 2 metres after a lightning strike 200 years ago. It towers above all around, and can be seen from 30 kilometres away. The stone, which is not local and has been brought to this hilltop site from more than 2.5 kilometres away near the Aber Ildut estuary, has been beautifully shaped, and tapers both into the ground, and up to a point. This stone has many legends including one that newly wed couples should come here on their wedding night to rub the stone for a good future and fertility - many wedding parties still come here to this day in order to perform this ritual. (Plouarzel, France)