Kermario
The Kermario site near Carnac , in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France, consists of the Alignements and the Kermario Dolmen at the southwestern end of the Alignements. In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The stone avenues, which belong to the so-called "Alignements of Carnac", consist of up to four meters high, but also numerous small megaliths . They are located north of the city and extend in ten to twelve main rows with a total of 982 preserved menhirs over about 1120 m in a southwest-northeast direction. Many menhirs had overturned and were raised by the archaeologist Zacharie Le Rouzic (1864-1939) and given a red cement mark. The rows of menhirs run over hills and valleys and crossed a river; the stones in the water fell victim to the river regulation. In the east there are remains of a stone enclosure that was completely removed in the west.
At the southwest end is the "Dolmen à couloir" (chamber with a low corridor), which is probably older than the Alignements. Amber pearls have been found in the monument, stripped of its hill .
There are many rows of stones and other dolmens in and around Camac, such as the Mané Kerioned dolmens , which are arranged in a U-shape. The Tumulus of Kercado is located south of Kermario, at one of the highest points in the area.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ker is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".
Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '53 " N , 3 ° 3' 44" W.