Tumulus by Mané-Becker-Noz
The tumulus of Mané-Becker-Noz (also Mané Becker Noz) is located south of Kergroix and Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on the Quiberon peninsula in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France .
In 1865, during excavation work on the tumulus, human bones and grave goods were found in stone boxes made of granite slabs . Abbe Lavenot, pastor of Quiberon, wrote of the discovery: "In the last 20 years about 25 other stone chambers have been found on the hill". Seven stone boxes were subsequently found by Gustave de Closmadeuc (1828–1918). In 1911, Zacharie Le Rouzic (1864-1939) determined a round hill with a diameter of about ten meters and a height of 2.0 meters.
The origin of the name "Mané Becker Noz" can be explained as follows: 150 meters from the burial mound there is a place called Mane-voucher, ( German "mountain of the priest" ). Executions took place there until 1795. Hence the legend of the name Mane Becker Noz ( Breton noz = night).
The tumulus has been registered as a monument historique since 1913
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
Web links
- Description French and sketches
- Entry no.PA00091713 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′ 46 " N , 3 ° 8 ′ 25" W.