Saint-Gonvel dolmen

Saint-Gonvel dolmen

The dolmen of Saint-Gonvel (also called An Dol Ven, Dolmen de Argenton, Roche Maudite or Dolmen à couloir la Pierre Maudite ) was still called "Men Milliger" ( German  "the cursed stone" ) in the 19th century . Today his nickname is "An Dol Ven" ( German  "the low table" ). The dolmen is half-buried in the dunes of Landunvez, on the land side of a headland, north of Argenton in the Finistère department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).

Menhir de Saint-Gonvel

A huge plate measuring 3.70 × 2.30 m lies at a slight angle on six supporting stones that form an almost rectangular chamber of 2.3 × 1.7 m. The entrance, from which two bearing stones have been preserved, seems to have been disrupted. All stones are from the local granite . The monument is the skeleton of a dolmen simple , which was originally covered by a hill of stones and earth.

The menhir of Saint-Gonvel is nearby. La chapelle Saint Gonvel is the votive chapel of a hermitage about 50.0 m away.

See also

• Megalithic sites in Brittany

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Dolmen d'Argenton (Landunvez)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description and pictures (French)
• Dolmen d'Argenton in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 31 ′ 43.6 "  N , 4 ° 45 ′ 35"  W.