Kerlutu dolmen
The Dolmen of Kerlutu (also called Pierre Gisante or Roch Clour ) is located west of Belz near Auray in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
description
The small rectangular dolmen is still in its cairn with a chamber measuring 2.5 × 2.0 m without a corridor. The mixed substructure consists of panels and dry masonry . It is covered with its capstone.
The Kerhuen Dolmen and Kerguéran Dolmen are nearby .
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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ker is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".
Web links
Commons : Dolmen de Kerlutu - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Kerlutu dolmen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 27.1 " N , 3 ° 10 ′ 52.3" W.