Crugon Tumulus
In 1876 the tumulus of Crugon , about 750 meters from the sea , in Renongar , north of Plovan in Cornouaille in the Finistère department in Brittany in France, was excavated and its stones, an allée couverte for the construction of a mill, were stripped.
It was about 3.0 meters high and 30.0 meters in diameter. According to Paul du Chatellier (1833-1911) it contained an approximately 13.0 meter long two-chamber gallery made of granite monoliths and was covered in part by an approximately 3.8 meter long, 3.0 meter wide and 80 cm thick capstone. Cobblestone wall was 2.95 meters high and 1.5 meters wide and 158 bowls ( french Pierre aux Écuelles ) or pierre à cupules and numerous characters engraved on the other forms.
Another tumulus about 45.0 m in diameter and three meters high was also excavated by Paul du Chatellier near Plovan. The finds consisted of shards of pottery, including several vases, three of which were covered with a red coating, as well as the shard of a very large vase, a bowl, charcoal and seashells.
In other tumuli at Crugou and Penker, the topsoil was removed and fragments of coarse pottery and a small glass vase in the form of a bowl with two handles were found.
Nearby are a kelp kiln ( French Four à goémon ), the necropolis at the Pointe de Souc'h and the Allée couverte de Pors Poulhan.
See also
literature
- Serge Cassen : Material Culture and Chronology of the Middle Neolithic of Western France . In: Oxford Journal of Archeology, Volume 12, 2, pp. 197-208, 2007
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Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ 59 " N , 4 ° 22 ′ 47.6" W.