Cairn by Kerléven
The cairn of Kerléven near the village of Kerléven , in the municipality of La Forêt-Fouesnant ( Ar Forest-Fouenant in Breton ) in the Finistère department , is the third largest cairn in Brittany in France after the cairns of Barnenez and Gavrinis . It is located in the Saint-Laurent campsite, where it was discovered in 1961 and excavated and restored between 1962 and 1966.
The barrow was originally built in at least two phases, like that of Barnenez. Only the eastern part remained. It contains two chambers made of dry stone , which can be accessed from the south by a now uncovered corridor. In contrast to Barnenez, the chambers are almost square. The radiocarbon method dated the first around 4825 BC. And the second around 3800 BC. Chr., Which could be faulty, however, since the document spacing is too large.
During the excavations, objects made of flint and polished axes , but above all broken pottery of the Chassey-Lagozza-Cortaillod culture, were discovered. The Cairn of Kerleven has been a monument historique since 1965 .
- Cairn by Kerléven
In the hamlet of Chef du Bois, north of Kerléven, the 6.5 m long Menhir de Coat ar Ster or Chef du Bois lies on the ground in the forest, overturned by treasure hunters .
See also
literature
- Jean L'Helgouach, Charles-Tanguy Le Roux: Le cairn mégalithique avec sépultures à chambres compartimentées de Kerleven, commune de la Forêt-Fouesnant (Finistère). In: Annales de Bretagne. Vol. 74, No. 1, 1967, ZDB -ID 203516-9 , pp. 7-52 .
Web links
- Tertre tumulaire de Kerleven in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description Kerleven and video (English)
- Description guys and pictures (French)
- Description Chef du Bois and pictures
Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '49.8 " N , 3 ° 57' 13" W.