Crec'h Quillé
The Allée couverte by Crec'h Quillé (also Crec'h Quillié) is a megalithic complex four kilometers north of Lannion, near Saint-Quay-Perros on the Côte de Granit Rose in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northern Brittany in France . The oldest part of the late Neolithic gallery grave ( French La sépulture mégalithique à entrée latérale ) dates from around 2500 BC. It has a lateral access, which is rare for Breton plants, and which is typical of the much older passage graves of the Nordic funnel cup culture (TBK).
The facility was discovered by a teacher in 1955 and excavated and restored by J. L'Helgouach between 1963 and 1964. The finds include flint tools , bowls, vases, and slate pendants . Originally, the facility was located in a hill surrounded by curbs, eight meters wide and about 28.0 m long, the eastern end of which, however, has not been preserved. The type of construction is typical of the transition from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age .
The 17.0 m long chamber is located in the eastern part of the hill. It is oriented east-west and has a short, strongly decentered access to the south. The short right part of the chamber is lower than the long left side. Two cap stones, 24 bearing stones of the chamber in situ and five passage stones have been preserved. About 24 stones of the hill border are (mainly in the west) in situ. There are also a number of fallen or relocated stones. Strangely enough, three stones stand at right angles to the curb line. On a stone opposite the entrance there is a carving depicting two breasts and the necklace of a mother goddess . This motif can also be found in the grounds of Kerguntuil near Trégastel , La Maison des Feins , Prajou-Menhir near Trébeurden and Mougau-Bihan near Commana . In addition to Kerguntuil, the Prajou-Menhir, Mougau-Bihan, La Maison des Feins von Tressé , in the Ille-et-Vilaine department and the Allée couverte de la Bellée near Boury-en-Vexin in the Oise department stand out for their petroglyphs . In 1989 the city of Saint-Quay-Perros acquired the parcel with the pine forest.
The finds consisted of two three pendants made of black slate , polished axes, two flint blades , a scraper and shards of eight round-bottomed vases and four flat-bottomed vases.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- Jean L'Helgouach: La sépulture mégalithique à entrée latérale de Crec'h-Quillé en Saint-Quay-Perros (Côtes-du-Nord). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. Études et travaux. Vol. 64, No. 3, 1967, ZDB -ID 441320-9 , pp. 659-698 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 11 " N , 3 ° 26 ′ 31" W