Megalithic systems from Gomené
The megalithic complexes of Gomené are located in the center of Brittany , in the extreme south of the Côtes-d'Armor department in France . The Allée couverte by Le Ville Menot and the Menhir La Vaut-Janot (or de la Pellionaie) are from Gomené .
The gallery grave of Le Ville Menot is located in the hamlet of Le Ville Menot, southwest of Gomené. It consists of two rows with five supporting stones on one side and four on the other. They support three capstones in situ . A fourth is on the floor. The gallery tomb was longer, but some stones were repurposed to build a house.
The Menhir of La Vaut-Janot (also called Guénaie; Pellionnaie; Pellionaye or Roche Longue) from the Neolithic Age stands in the Bois des Folies (forest), southeast of Gomené and is about 5.7 meters high, 2.55 m wide and in Near the ground, 2.45 m thick. Its base is about 2.1 m deep in the ground. Various excavations have been carried out at the foot of the granite colossus . Only a few burned stones were found.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- Loïc Langouët: Les mégalithes de l'arrondissement de Dinan , Institut Culturel de Bretagne, 2004, ISBN 9782868220936 , p. 20.
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