Dolmen of Pen-ar-Run

Dolmen de Pen-ar-Run

The dolmen of Pen-ar-Run is located northwest of Telgruc-sur-Mer on the Crozon Peninsula in the Finistère department in Brittany in France Dolmen is the generic term in France for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

The small simple dolmen ( French dolmen simple ), which forms part of a hedge, has an approximately 2.5 x 2.0 m capstone that rests on three supporting stones. This type of dolmen was very common on the Crozon Peninsula.

• Dolmen of Pen-ar-Run
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  Crozon Peninsula

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See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

• Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
• Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory of Brittany. Menhirs and dolmens . Édition d'Art Jos Le Doaré, Châteaulin 1996, ISBN 2-85543-103-4 .

Web links

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• Description and picture

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '34.8 "  N , 4 ° 21' 59.4"  W.