Atlas Obscura
Menhir de Kerloas in Plouarzel, France
At 9.5 meters in height (about 31 feet), the Kerloas menhir is the tallest menhir (or standing stone) in the world still upright. It is located slightly below the highest point of the Pays d'Iroise, and dominates a pleasant and large space for visitors. The menhir’s flattened shape and surface flanks are typical of a Bronze Age technique. It has the particularity of having a curiously bevelled…