Dolmen of Men Maria

Dolmen of Men Maria or Port aux Moines

The dolmen of Men Maria (also called Port aux Moines) is located near Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys at the small port "Port des Moines" ( German  "Monk's Harbor " ) near the coast in a modern stone enclosure on the Rhuys peninsula in the department Morbihan in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The shape of the dolmen is somewhat unusual, probably also as a result of human interference. A roughly 3.0 m long and 1.5 m wide rectangular capstone rests on the only three remaining bearing stones. Below and next to the capstone there are eight other stones, three of which form a U that could belong to an antechamber.

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

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

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '32.5 "  N , 2 ° 50' 3.4"  W.