Kermarquer dolmen
The hidden dolmen of Kermarquer (also from Kermarker or Kermarguer) is not far from the D 186 in the woods between Kerlescan and La Trinité-sur-Mer in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . The complex was built in the final phase of the Neolithic . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The monument is a system with lateral access and a dolmen with side chambers ( French Dolmen à cabinet latéral ), which, as with some Nordic passage graves , is accessed via the common entrance. The square main chamber measures 2.5 × 2.5 m, has no capstone and is facing the corridor. The approximately octagonal side chamber measures around 1.5 × 1.5 m and has a capstone at the edge. It is slightly inclined to the side of the main chamber and is accessible from there. The corridor has two large capstones in situ . The hill is largely preserved.
At a distance of up to 1.0 km are the Dolmen du Quéric , de Mané Rohr (Kerdro-Vihan), Dolmen of Mané-Kervilor (also Mané Bras ), the Allée couverte Mané-Roullarde and the Menhir of Kermarquer (with Báculos ) .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- James Miln: Explorations du Mané-Roullarde, auprès de la Trinité-sur-Mer (Morbihan). In: Bulletin de la Société Polymathique du Morbihan. Semestre 1, 1882, ISSN 0767-9882 , pp. 70-77 , (also special copy . Galles, Vannes 1883, ( digitized )).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ker is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".
Web links
- Description and pictures
- image
- Entry no.PA00091769 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '51.1 " N , 3 ° 2' 26.1" W.