Île Carn
| Île Carn Enez Karn |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 34 '30 " N , 4 ° 41' 33" W | |
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| length | 280 m | |
| width | 170 m | |
| surface | 5 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Île Carn ( Breton Enez Karn ) is an uninhabited tidal island ( French Île-de-marée ) in Ploudalmézeau in the Finistère department in Brittany , France . The island on the Côte des Abers has an area of almost five hectares.
Early history
The megalithic complex on the Île Carn was built close to the Cairn of Barnenez (around 4200 BC) and is therefore one of the oldest in the world. At the time of the construction of the trapezoidal cairns , the sea level was 4-5 m lower. The upstream coastline is flooded by the sea today and the island is only accessible at low tide .
In a granite cairn it houses three relatively well-preserved dolmen à couloir with cantilevered vaulted ceilings . The first tholoi was discovered in 1954, the other two soon after. The latter of these round buildings has a rare double chamber. The chamber of the middle dolmen was undamaged, that of the other two were restored after the excavation. Today the ensemble shows the same structural system as in Barnenez.
Clay pots, flint blades and charcoal were found that could be used to date the building. Around 2500 BC BC Carn was still in use, as demonstrated by some collar bottles of northern European origin. When the dolmens were no longer used, the facility was surrounded by a stone facing. In order to make the structure visible, the outer facade has now been partially removed and the entrances to the dolmens exposed.
Legend
A legend about Île Carn says that it housed the castle of a baron with horse ears who had the barber who was summoned killed after every shave in order to keep his secret. It was only Losthouarn from the village of Pen-ar-Pont who managed to survive as a hairdresser by cutting the king's throat with a razor before finishing his work.
Others
A few kilometers west of the island, the tanker Amoco Cadiz sank in 1978 .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory of Brittany. Menhirs and dolmens . Editions d'Art Jos Le Doaré, Châteaulin 1996, ISBN 2-855-43-103-4 .
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 pp. 162, 254
Web links
- Entry no.PA00090208 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Île Carn on the Ploudalmézeau municipality website
- Balade à l'île Carn (French)
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- Video
Individual evidence
- ^ Les légends bretonnes de Ploudalmézeau
- ↑ Alphonse Arzel : Carn: rencontres en bordure du temps , Ivry-sur-Seine 2002.