Maison Mégalithes et Landes Saint-Just

Maison Mégalithes et Landes

Type : Heritage centre and site

10 Allée des Cerisiers

35550 Saint-Just

Ph. : 02 99 72 36 53

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Description :

Come and discover the second most important megalithic site in Brittany after Carnac, just 35 minutes from Rennes ! Les Landes de Cojoux and de Tréal in Saint-Just are a vast burial site, set among heathland, with a host of monuments unique in Europe, including rows of standing stones, gallery graves, cairns, burial mounds and dolmens. The Maison Nature et Mégalithes, in the village, provides all the information needed to understand the site and also organises guided tours, exhibitions and fun workshops to experience how our ancestors lived. So, if you’ve ever had the urge to move a menhir, have a go at spear-throwing or learn how to make fire like Neolithic man did, now is your chance ! Near the ecologically sensitive nature site of the Cojoux moors and the second most important megalithic site in Brittany, the Maison Nature et Mégalithes is open from March to November and is where you can explore the links between humans and their environment from Prehistoric times to the present day, helping you to understand the environmental challenges we are facing today and why sustainable development is important. Shop, bookshop, exhibitions, hands-on fun, information trails.

Spoken languages :

  • French
  • English

Languages ​​visit :

  • French

Themes :

Environment and nature, Prehistory, Megalith

  • Groups accepted

  • Pet accepted