Allée couverte du Prieuré
The Allée couverte du Prieuré (locally also called Allée couverte du Prioldi , Allée couverte de Roc'h-Prioldi or Allée couverte de Roh-Prioldi ) is a gallery grave , about 250 m west of the hamlet of Le Prieuré in the forest, southwest of Baud , in Morbihan department in France .
The partly disturbed , northwest-southeast oriented complex is a mixture between a V-shaped dolmen and a gallery grave. The gallery is about 11.0 m long. The chamber measures about 1.6 m and is covered with a plate that has collapsed and only rests on one side. All orthostats , the ceiling plate and the scattered stones are made of granite . The remains of the hill can still be seen.
The complex has been registered as a Monument historique since 1971 .
- Allée couverte du Prieuré
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : The Megaliths of Brittany. Gisserot, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-87747-065-2 (German edition, translated from the French by Arnold Jacobshagen).
Web links
- megalithic.co.uk: Roh-Prioldi Allée Couverte (English)
- Allée couverte in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '53.7 " N , 3 ° 2' 27.8" W.