Kerroc'h Dolmen (Quéven)

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Kerroc'h dolmens - view of the aisle sides
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The two dolmens of Kerroc'h are located in the municipality of Quéven in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . They are also known as the Tumuli of Kerroc'h or Le Trou des Chouans . They are called "le trou des Chouans" because they were used as hiding places by the Chouannerie . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ). Several simple dolmens ( French dolmen simple ) with this name can be found near Plouharnel .

description

These are two dolmens with a corridor or corridor ( French dolmen à couloir ) with an unusual floor plan, located in a round hill with a diameter of over 12 meters. Their capstones were removed in 1822 after the megalithic structures were discovered. The chambers have differently oriented, approximately D-shaped floor plans.

North chamber

The north chamber is almost round and has a diameter of 3.50 m. Eight stones from the corridor and ten stones from the chamber have been preserved. One of them is engraved. The footprints of three other chamber stones have been preserved; they show that the chamber had its straight wall in the north-west, opposite the corridor, which is roughly in the middle.

Southern chamber

The southern dolmen is roughly three meters long and has the shape of a q. Of the 16 supporting stones of the approximately 4.5 m measuring chamber, one is missing, while the slightly offset corridor is delimited by seven preserved supporting stones. The straight side of the "D" is here on the northeast side. At the apex of the curve of the "D", fixtures can be seen that are reminiscent of Nordic quarters .

Human bones, a polished ax, a flint dagger , knives, flint fragments and small ceramics were found. The Kerroc'h dolmens were registered as a Historic Monument in 1977.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ker is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".
  2. ↑ Le Trou des Chouans in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

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Coordinates: 47 ° 47 ′ 57 "  N , 3 ° 24 ′ 59"  W.