Champ Grosset
The gallery grave of Champ Grosset ( French Allée couverte du Champ Grosset ) west of Quessoy in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in France was discovered in 1894 and excavated in 1896. The megalithic complex , surrounded by rubble, which may represent the rest of the burial mound, is to the north of Champ Grosset.
The west-east-oriented system is about twelve meters long. Your badly preserved entrance turns to the southeast. The chamber consists of 19 in-situ , partly inclined supporting stones and four preserved cap stones. Four more stones, some of which belong to the corridor, are located southeast of the complex.
The chamber floor, located under a layer of clay, consisted of coarse stone paving. The soil layer in the facility did not come from the neighboring fields. Several large vessels and a large bowl were found in this layer. The contents were mixed with quartz , earth, silt and rudimentary bones. All vessels were on the side with the opening to the south. Some were filled with earth and fragments of bone. Some vessels were more elegant, but there was no trace of ornamentation.
Shards, bone fragments, several knives made of diorite and flint fragments were found along the entire length of the corridor . Before the plaster was laid, fragments of ceramics and bones from various small animals were placed in the floor of the chamber.
See also
literature
- J. L'Helgouach, T. Le Roux: La sépulture mégalithique à entrée latérale du Champ-Grosset en Quessoy (Côtes-du-Nord) In: Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest 1965 72-1 p. 5– 31
Web links
- Description (French) pictures and plan (last accessed on December 3, 2012)
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- Description and pictures
- Description (French) and pictures
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 '18 " N , 2 ° 41' 31" W.