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5 unusual facts about Carnac


Alexander Thom

, The Carnac alignments, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 3, 11-26, 1972.

Charles Rivett-Carnac

Here Rivett-Carnac was in charge of the Assam Sawmills and Timber Company forest operations for the Tezpur area of India.

Clermont-d'Excideuil

Until the end of the 18th century, there was a number of megaliths in Clermont, aligned like those in Carnac.

James Rivett-Carnac

Rivett-Carnac is the ancestor of the Rivett-Carnac baronets, of whom the most well-known member today is the bag designer Lulu Guinness (born 1960), daughter of the last baronet.

Pope Cornelius

A legend told at Carnac states that its stones were once pagan soldiers who had been turned into stone by Cornelius, who was fleeing from them.


Cams Hall

By 1770 Cams Hall was owned by Brigadier General Carnac, the MP for Leominster, who commissioned architect Jacob Leroux to design a new mansion for the estate.

Corinthian Chamber Orchestra

The orchestra also regularly performs with more established artistes, such as Jeff Bryant (French horn), Laura Samuel (violin), David Fletcher (double bass), John Carnac (clarinet), Hannah Gordon (narrator, Peter and the Wolf), Arisa Fujita (violin), Richard Jenkinson ('cello) and So'Ock Kim (violin).

Jade use in Mesoamerica

Von Humboldt sought to determine whether or not Neolithic jadeite celts excavated from European Megalithic archaeological sites like Stonehenge and Carnac shared sources with the similar looking jade celts from Mesoamerica (they do not).

Lyneham Longbarrow

Nicholas Thomas suggested that it was a replica of the Breton Grand Tumuli at Carnac.

Mahabaleshwar

Starting with Sir John Malcolm in 1828, a succession of them from Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone, Arthur Malet (for whom the seat at "Point Arthur" is named), Carnac, Frere and many others became regular visitors.


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