Allée couverte du Grand Argantel

Scheme gallery grave - ( French Allée couverte )

The Allée couverte du Grand Argantel is located on the Rue de l'Argantel, about 350 m away from the Allée couverte de la Couette in Ploufragan in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in France .

The southeast-northwest-oriented gallery grave made of dolerite has a length of 11.4 m and consists of 28 blocks, 19 of which are bearing stones in the west and east, 8 are cap stones, one plate is an end stone. The height of the orthostats is about 1.2 m, three stones were destroyed by lightning. Remnants of the hill are still visible.

Excavations revealed a flint blade and a flat-bottomed vase fragment. The Allée couverte of Grimolet is in the center of town, the Menhir Le Sabot, nearby.

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

• Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X

Web links

• Description French and picture
• Description Engl. and picture
• Menhir Le Sabot in the roundabout D222 / D790

Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '37.9 "  N , 2 ° 47' 21.7"  W.