Allée couverte from Loc'h ar Pont
The fallen and overgrown Allée couverte of Loc'h ar Pont (also called Ty Corriganet by Coat Menez Guen ) is a mile north of Melgven near a bridge over the Aven in the Finistère department in Brittany in France .
description
It is an allée couverte of the arc-boutée or à dalles inclinées type , a system of stone slabs set up like braces, which are only found in Brittany. The approximately 13.0 meter long and 2.5 meter wide complex lies in the remains of its hill. Three large ceiling slabs lie on 16 collapsed supporting stones.
Similar plants
Similar structures can be seen at Castel-Ruffel in Saint-Goazec , Kerantiec in Riec-sur-Belon, the Loge-au-Loup near Trédion or Ti ar C'horriged in Plobannalec-Lesconil .
Nearby are the Cosquer dolmen (not to be confused with the dolmen of the same name in Plouharnel ), the Allée couverte by Coat Luzuen and the Allée couverte by Moulin René .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
Web links
- Allée couverte dite Ty Corriganet, de Coat Menez Guen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
- Description and pictures (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '16.9 " N , 3 ° 47' 13.4" W.