Weird Rocks

Dolmens on the Landes de Gouarec

Regular users of the D5 out of Gouarec to Silfiac and Pontivy may have noticed a sign, which reads ‘Dolmens’ pointing down a road on the left, just after the Lande de Gouarec. Two more signs lead you uphill to a ‘Route des Dolmens’ and even past a ‘Gite des Dolmens’. But here we find [...]

Dolmen of Brohet

The forest of Beffou is famed for its mushrooms. The area was also a den for robbers and horse thieves, who took advantage of the high and wooded ground, to waylay travelers on their way to the fairs in Callac. There is what is thought to be a Roman road through the forest, known as [...]

Coatmallouen

The forest of Coat Mallouen is littered with huge granite boulders and bizarre rock formations. This cave overlooks the ‘cascade’, a point in the river where the water tumbles over a waterfall strewn with rocks. The forest served as a hide-out for the famous ‘Coatmallouen Maquis’, a group of 300 resiters during the 2nd World [...]

Le Champignon

This odd rock is opposite the Intermarche car park in Huelgoat.
The huge rock balances on a small one, giving it the appearance of a mushroom. What’s more – it is at the very centre of a steep rocky hillock – how could it have got there?
Huelgoat is a bit of a Mecca for stone enthusiasts [...]

Menez Plat – Lanrivain

A giant’s sandwich…?
This superb natural rock formation is on the road between Lanrivain and St-Nicolas-du-Pelem. There is the small hamlet of Menez Plat, and (coming from Lanrivain)the rock is on the right, in a field.
Although slightly surrounded by brambles, I managed to climb underneath the rock, discovering a narrow, flat cave… awesome.
There are also interesting [...]