Dolmen of Quelarn
The dolmen of Quélarn (also called La Garenne des Korrigans) are located near the village of Quélarn, southwest of Plobannalec-Lesconil , near Pont-l'Abbé in the Finistère department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The megaliths of Quélarn, built during the Neolithic Age , are part of a necropolis in which 27 tombs, but only a halfway intact dolmen, were found at the end of the 19th century.
In recent excavations it has been found that Quélarn, similar to the Cairn of Barnenez , was an approximately 50.0 meter long west-east oriented cairn with six dolmens, into which long corridors to the south of four to sixfold divided chambers of 8 .0 to 10.0 meters in length. Although the facility was already used as a quarry in the Middle Ages, the site has been excavated, restored and provided with an explanation board. It is a type of monument that occurs only in the coastal area of Brittany.
- Dolmen of Quelarn
Menhir and dolmen
The menhir of Quélarn , which was placed under protection in 1929, stands about twenty meters to the south . It is a split stone that is not a "menhir indicateur" but belonged to the hill border.
The Tronval dolmen is about 100 m away .
See also
literature
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory of Brittany. Menhirs and dolmens . Édition d'Art Jos Le Doaré, Châteaulin 1996, ISBN 2-85543-103-4 .
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- image
- Entry no.PA00090173 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '50.1 " N , 4 ° 15' 5.8" W.