# The rows marked and monumentalised the ground of the dead, linked to the tombs they were built beside.

> Most likely: The rows marked and monumentalised the ground of the dead, linked to the tombs they were built beside.

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# The rows marked and monumentalised the ground of the dead, linked to the tombs they were built beside.

The rows marked and monumentalised the ground of the dead, linked to the tombs they were built beside.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Rows begin at or are oriented on tombs; tomb and row dates overlap.

## What would rule it out

- Rows systematically unrelated in place and date to tombs.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[At Le Plasker the first standing stones went up within decades of the cist mound, a few metres from it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/carnac-alignments/evidence/EVD0D69TH4844QF/at-le-plasker-the-first-standing-stones-went-up-within)

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## The questions it answers

[Why were the rows built?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/carnac-alignments/questions/QST0D69TBGJ4W2Z/why-were-the-rows-built)

Most likelyThe rows translate the region's natural granite outcrops and ridges into built form, recreating a rock…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The rows marked and monumentalised the ground of the dead, linked to the tombs they were built beside. [Answer ANS0D69TGWE2SG9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D69TGWE2SG9
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