Dolmen du Bünz

Scheme dolmen with side chambers using the example of Mané Keriaval : Orange = passage; Yellow = chamber; Gray = stones; Green = lawn; Black / bold = existing cap stones; --- = added contour

The Dolmen du Bünz (also called Dolmen du Bu ) are located southeast of Inzinzac-Lochrist north of Hennebont in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The Dolmen with side chambers ( French Dolmen à cabinets latéraux or transepté Dolmen called ) it is only possible to detect the side chambers, one of which is still their ceiling tile made from local granite has. The dolmen has been classified as a Monument historique since 1979 .

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

• Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
• Jean Arnal: Petit Lexique du Mégalithisme In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 1956 p. 523

Web links

• Dolmen du Bünz in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Description and pictures (English)
• Description and pictures (French)

Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 57.4 "  N , 3 ° 14 ′ 56.8"  W.