Kerluir dolmen

Kerluir dolmen

The Kerluir Dolmen (also called Er Roc'h Vihan ) is located on the northeastern edge of Carnac 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 Kerluir Dolmen stands on a heavily overgrown hill. The small dolmen consists only of one capstone, which rests on two supporting stones. Some other stones are nearby.

80 meters to the west is the menhir of Kerluir or Kerluir menhir .

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

• Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .

Web links

Commons : Dolmen de Roch-Vihan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description Engl. and images dolmen
• Description Engl. and images menhir
• photos

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ker is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".

Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '26.1 "  N , 3 ° 3' 54.2"  W.