FRANCE'S NEW STONEHENGE.(EUROPE)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: July 31, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: John Lichfield

Some months ago builders were clearing a piece of wasteland in southern Brittany when they struck an enormous hunk of granite. The developer was no historian but he knew instantly what the obstacle must be: the remains of a buried "menhir" or neolithic standing stone.

He ordered a bulldozer to shove the stone underground again before any passing busybody spotted it. He did not want the work on his six seaside bungalows to be halted for ...

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