Min Goh Ru
The dolmen of Min Goh Ru (also Mongouru, or Min-Go-Ruh; ( German "Old Red Stones" ) or Dolmen of Larcuste ) are located in the granite heights of the Landes de Lanvaux , about 250 m northeast of Larcuste , 20 km north from Vannes in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . The burial mounds , restored in 1972 by Joël Lecornec and Jean L'Helgouach (1933–2000), dominate a small hill (120 m above sea level). In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
description
- Hill I contains two parallel dolmens in a terraced stone hill set with facing stones. The oval chambers and the short corridors consist of supporting stones connected with wide intermediate masonry. The right dolmen has a large cover plate, the left was probably a cupola grave that collapsed.
- Hill II comprises six chambers on either side of a 9.7 m long corridor.
- Larcuste or Min Goh Ru
Finds
Shattered pottery and flint artifacts were found in chambers or in front of the facilities. The pottery shows similarities to the Chasséen des Midi and Carn pottery . Joël Lecornec and Jean L'Helgouach put the system between 3600 and 3200.
There were five C 14 determines data. GIF 2828 is considered contaminated.
- GIF 2435: 3980 + 110 BP, charcoal in front of the facade of the hill
- GIF 2454: 4610 ± 110 BP, chamber f
- GIF 2826: 5490 ± 120 BP, corridor chambers a and b
- GIF 2827: 4060 ± 120 BP, hearth
- GIF 2828: 2230 ± 100 BP, entrance corridor.
7.2 kilometers north of Larcuste is the 6.5 m high menhir of Kermarquer with ax and sickle engravings.
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne . Rennes Ouest-France 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- Joël Lecornec, Jean L'Helgouach: Le site mégalithique “Min Goh Ru” près de Larcuste à Colpo (Morbihan). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. Études et travaux. Vol. 73, No. 1, 1976, ZDB -ID 441320-9 , pp. 370-397 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Joël Lecornec, Jean L'Helgouach: Le site megalithic "Min Goh Ru" près de Larcuste à Colpo (Morbihan). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. Vol. 73, No. 1, 1976, pp. 370-397, here p. 395.
- ↑ Joël Lecornec, Jean L'Helgouach: Le site mégalithique “Min Goh Ru” près de Larcuste à Colpo (Morbihan). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. Vol. 73, No. 1, 1976, pp. 370-397, here p. 396.
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 18.8 " N , 2 ° 47 ′ 34.8" W.