Dozens of prehistoric standing stones in Carnac, a town in Brittany, northwest France, have been removed to make way for a retail store. Debate is raging among historians, politicians, and cultural authorities as to whether this constitutes damage to a site of archaeological value.
“The site has been destroyed,” local archaeologist Christian Obeltz told AFP on June 7.
According to Obelitz, some 39 menhirs, the term for such standing stones, standing up to 40 inches-high, were lost. They are estimated to date back some 7,000 years, based on carbon dating conducted in 2010.
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