Men-ar-rompet
The Allée couverte by Men-ar-Rompet (also called Men-ar-Rumpet or Pierre des Géants - Gigantenstein ) is a gallery grave . It is located at the end of a cul-de-sac in a field wall, about 25.0 meters from the sea with a view of the mouth of the Jaudy River near the village of Kerbors , west of Pleubian in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in France .
The northeast-southwest oriented, more disturbed gallery is about eight meters long. It has 17 bearing stones in situ , three more are missing. Four cap stones have been preserved, three are on top, one is on the floor, the rest have gone out. In the southern part, a two-meter-long antechamber is separated by a plate. In the northern area, the side access is in a chamber bulge. The excavations have shown that the ground on which objects from the Bronze Age were found was paved. Vessels and jewelry from the bell beaker culture show that they were used in the Neolithic Age .
The complex has been protected as a monument historique since 1957 .
See also
Web links
- Allée couverte de Men-ar-Rumpet in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description, pictures and floor plan (French)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 35.2 " N , 3 ° 10 ′ 48.3" W.