Allée couverte by Kermeur Bihan
The Allée couverte of Kermeur Bihan (also called Allée couverte de Parc Biourac'h ) is located in the Biourac'h Park on the Bélon River , in Moëlan-sur-Mer in the Finistère department in Brittany in France .
The gallery grave , discovered and excavated by Paul de Châtellier (1833–1911) in 1882, is about 16.5 m long and 2.5 m wide. It consists of eleven bearing stones on each side, the end stones and six of the original eight ceiling tiles. During the excavation of the monument since 1992 under a conservation vases, were a bowl, polished axes and tools from flint found.
The gallery graves Allée couverte by Kercordonner and Allée couverte by Kergoustance and six preserved menhirs are located in the village .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
Web links
- Allée couverte de Kermeur Bihan in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '49.6 " N , 3 ° 42' 0.6" W.