Allée couverte in the Estuaire de la Quillimadec
The approximately 15 m long, algae-covered Allée couverte in the Estuaire de la Quillimadec is located in the Bay of Treissény (opposite Le Curnic), west of Guissény in the Finistère department in Brittany in France . It is only accessible at low tide. None of the capstones of the gallery grave is still in situ .
Sea level rise
Some Allées couvertes, such as the Allée couverte in the Estuaire de la Quillimadec, are flooded today at high tide . They are evidence of the rise in sea levels since the Neolithic , when the plants were not built so close to the sea . A better preserved example is the Allée couverte by Kernic , the Cairn de Îlot-de-Roc'h-Avel and the Menhir by Léhan .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard (text), Nicolas Fediaevsky (photos): Mégalithes de Bretagne. New edition Édition Ouest-France, Rennes 1992, ISBN 2-7373-1167-5 .
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Une station du neolithique primaire Armoricain - Le Curnic en Guissény (Finistère). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France, 1960, Volume 57, No. 1-2, pp. 38-50.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 28 " N , 4 ° 24 ′ 55.4" W.