Dolmen Tri-Men (Castello)

Dolmen de Tri-Men-de-Castello

The Dolmen Tri-Men of Castello (also called Dolmen de Tri-Men-de-Castello, Dolmen des trois Pierres, or Les Trois Pierres) is a megalithic complex in a wood near the hamlet of Castello, south of the D765 road, north of Kervignac, between Hennebont and Brandérion in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The dolmen Tri-Men-do-Castelo is a gangdolmens ( French dolmen à couloir ), whose approximately 3.0 × 2.8 m capstone rests at a height of about 2.0 m on three of the five remaining bearing stones. It has engravings on two of the bearing stones. The chamber is 1.9 × 1.2 m in size. The entrance is directed to the southeast. On the south-west side, a side plate protrudes from the side at the same height as the bearing stones in situ .