Kerivoret dolmen
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The Dolmen of Kerivoret , which has been under protection since 1923, and the 3.5 m high, 1.6 m wide and 0.9 m thick menhir about 50 m away are in Porspoder , near Ploudalmézeau in the Finistère department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
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The chamber is approximately three feet long, less than two feet wide and 1.4 m high. It consists of two large side stones and the end stone. There are other lying stones at the open end that might belong to a corridor. The porphyry granite capstone protrudes considerably over one side of the chamber and is around 4 m in diameter.
Nearby is the Mezou Poulyot dolmen .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory in Brittany. Menhirs and dolmens. Editions d'Art Jos le Doaré, Chateaulin 1991, ISBN 2-85543-076-3 .
Web links
- Dolmen et menhir de Kerivoret in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and picture (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ 52.2 " N , 4 ° 45 ′ 44.8" W.