Crucuny tumulus
The Tumulus of Crucuny (also called Er Mané) is a burial mound north of the hamlet of Crucuny and Carnac in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . It is located just north of the hamlet of Crucuny near the road that connects the hamlet with the D768.
On the approximately 13.0 m high, 35.0 × 23.0 m measuring tumulus from the end of the Neolithic or the Bronze Age stands a menhir with axes engraved on the base. It has a height of 2.8 m.
After a first undocumented search, it was excavated in 1922 by Zacharie Le Rouzic (1864-1939) and Saint-Just Péquart (1881-1944). In the eastern part they discovered a poorly listed dolmen without a corridor, the opening of which faces north, a large stone box in the middle and a few smaller ones in the west. In the chamber, archaeologists discovered several chests that contain human bones. Three skeletons, accompanied by copper objects and polished axes and flint, form the archaeological remains. During the excavation, it was found that the monument was disrupted during the Gallo-Roman period. The tumulus was closed again and today has the classic shape of an oval tumulus.
The tumulus has been classified as a monument historique since 1900 .
Nearby is the Cromlech of Crucuny .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- Christine Boujot, Serge Cassen: Néolithisation et Monumentalité funéraire: Explorations du Tertre de Lannec er Gadouer à Erdeven (Morbihan, France). In: Anton Abel Rodriguez Casal: O neolítico atlántico e as orixes do megalitismo, 1997 pp. 211–212
Web links
- Crucuny Tumulus in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Description and pictures (French)
- Description and pictures
Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '7.7 " N , 3 ° 4' 26.7" W.