Kermarquer dolmen

Dolmen of Kermarquer - left side of the aisle; right side chamber

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 ).

Kermarquer dolmen

Dolmen of Kermarquer - View over the main chamber into the corridor

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 ) .

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 )).