Penhap dolmen
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The Dolmen of Penhap (also called Dolmen of Boglieux , Pierre du Sacrifice or Men Houzigiannet ) is located on the Île-aux-Moines ( German "Island of the Monks" ) in the Gulf of Morbihan in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . The dolmen is the only preserved of a series of structures that were covered by an 80 m long, completely eroded cairn . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The Île-aux-Moines has been inhabited at least since the Neolithic (possibly not an island at that time). Proof of this are the four dolmens at Kerno , Perhap and Pen-Nioul at the Pointe de Nioul, a menhir at Brouel and the Cromlech at Kergonan . The north-west-south-east oriented dolmen of Penhap is the best preserved on the island. He has heavily eroded rock carvings on two stones , which are interpreted as depictions of a mother goddess .
The megalithic complex has an approximately 3.0 m long, 1.2 m wide and 1.0 m high corridor made of six bearing stones and a preserved capstone, which leads coaxially into a polygonal chamber. The chamber, consisting of nine bearing stones and a large capstone of 4.7 × 3.8 m protruding on all sides, is 1.8 m high, about 3.0 m wide and between 2.0 and 2.5 m deep.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
Web links
- PA00091303 Dolmen de Pen-Hap in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 16.8 ″ N , 2 ° 51 ′ 28 ″ W.