Penquélenne dolmen
The Dolmen of Penquélenne (also called Dolmen de Penquelennec ) is located in a field north of Peumerit near Quimper in Cornouaille in the Finistère department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for Neolithic megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The dolmen simple, whose thin ceiling slab protruding on all sides is 3.0 × 2.0 m in size, rests on three supporting stones, including a horizontal one. The dolmen serves as a storage place for reading stones .
Nearby are the menhirs of Lespurit Ellen and the menhirs of Peumerit .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : The Megaliths of Brittany. Translated from the French by Arnold Jacobshagen . Gisserot, Paris 1991.
Web links
- Dolmen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 47 ° 56'58.4 " N , 4 ° 18'46.3" W.