Kergonan enclosure has been a listed historic monument since the nineteenth century, and is one of the most iconic monuments on Ile-aux-Moines island. In 1838, Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville drew only 25 stones on the plan he sent to the French Royal Society of Archaeologists (société royale des antiquaires de France). Today, more standing stones have been identified. The irregular-shaped, widening arc enclosure is formed by 34 stones, some standing and others lying on the ground, with six other small and medium-sized stones positioned around them.
The site is easily accessed from the road. It is located in the old hamlet of Kergonan and has been landscaped by the municipality and département of Morbihan. It is by no means an isolated monument: in the vicinity lies is a large menhir, known as Men Colas (now beneath a house), a mound within the enclosure, and the remains of the Vigie dolmen, around 200 metres to the north-west.
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