Megalithic sites on the Molene archipelago

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Four à Goémon on the Île de Molène - Kelpofen as it is also preserved in Lampaul-Plouarzel, Meneham, Plozévet, Plouneour-Trez, Porspoder and on the Île de Sieck

The megalithic systems on the archipelago of Molene in the Finistère department in Brittany in France are located on the Île-Molène (the drywall construction Beg-ar-Loued - ( German  "the bad smell " )) and on five and thus almost on each of the smaller islands of the Archipelago in the Parc naturel régional d'Armorique .

Map of the archipelago

On the Île de Bannec (also Baneg or Banneck), the Île de Balanec, the Île de Béniguet (remains of three Allée couvertes ), the Île de Triélin (tumuli and dolmen remains ) and the double island of Île de Lédénes-Quéménès with one after a storm The megalithic site , which is one of the oldest in the region, was only discovered in 2008 , and the sites at Beg ar Groarc'h make the archipelago one of the densest sites in Finistère. The disturbed dolmen consists of five stones. It's in a hill. A few scattered slabs may be remains of the dolmen. The second place is a hill about 43.0 m long, 9.5 m wide and 0.3 m high. The visible stones can be the remains of an allée couverte or a simple dolmen.

The monuments consist of dolmens, Køkkenmøddingern , menhirs , rows of stones and tumuli and were in part examined by Paul du Châtellier (1833–1911) in the early 20th century.

literature

  • Yvan Pailler, Yohann Sparfel, Anne Tresset, Marie Balasse, Catherine Dupont, Sandie Giovannacci, Bernard Hallégouët, Jérémie Josselin, Grégor Marchand: Fouille d'un dépotoir du Néolithique final à Beg ar Loued (île Molène, Finistère): premiers résultats. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. Vol. 101, No. 4, 2004, pp. 881-886, JSTOR 27923837 .

Individual evidence

  1. There is an island of the same name in Northern Brittany

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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 46 "  N , 4 ° 57 ′ 25"  W.