Pont Gaulois by Kervon

The Pont Gaulois von Kervon ( German  "Gallic Bridge" ) is a clapper bridge over the Ruisseau de Kerloc'h (brook), east of the village of Kervon, northeast of Crozon in the Finistère department in Brittany in France .

It was built in the 19th century with stones from around 3000 BC. . Built AD, now outgoing dolmens of Poulmic, near the hamlet of Saint Efflez by a landowner in the hamlet of La Boissiere built. It consists of two plates, one made of quartzite , the other made of slate with four to six bowls . The hamlet of La Boissière ( German for  "box tree" ) is located near a Gallo-Roman ford and stands on Gallo-Roman ruins. In 1980 the foundations of the baths of a villa and coins and ceramics from the 1st to 4th centuries were discovered in the neighboring fields.

The name Pont Gaulois is more common in Brittany (e.g. C'hantel bei Santec, La vallée du Cordy, Kerbasqued, Luzuria, Plourin-les-Morlaix, Posporel, Saint Brevin, Sainte-Catherine in Plounévézel , Saint-Maur bei Minez Lénévez or Tréflez) and also for wooden bridges.

See also

• Clapper bridge

Web links

• Description French and pictures
• Description French and pictures

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Gallic bridges described by Caesar consisted of cantilevered tree trunks, between which stone blocks were built. The process, which represents a stacking and is not considered a carpentry work and can be traced back to antiquity, persisted beyond the Middle Ages. Bridges of this type were still being built in Savoy in the 18th century .

Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '30.7 "  N , 4 ° 26" 42.2 "  W.