A unique geographical location

The Bay of Morlaix is made up of a multitude of islands, islets and rocks, a historic heritage site and a bird sanctuary.

A remarkable landscape can be seen from the coastal paths lining the Barnenez peninsula in Plouezoc'h.

The promontory on which the Barnenez Cairn stands, 48 m above current sea level, is remarkable in every way.

Barnenez in Breton means the top of the peninsula. This necropolis was built at a break in the slope, so that the site had a strong impact on its immediate surroundings, the southern part of Morlaix Bay, which was largely flooded in the Neolithic period (the sea level on the Breton coast is estimated to have been 5 m below today's level).

The sedentary populations living within sight of this great longitudinal structure were strongly affected by its monumental appearance , especially asanother cairn a hundred metres further north added to the majestic character of the site.

From the cairn, the Monts-d'Arrée, 25 km away, can often be seen almost every day.