Tumulus of Poulguen
The tumulus Poulguen (also tumulus called sur gallery dolménique you Poulguen) is a gallery grave , which received from the single, almost intact tumulus in Cornwall , in the south of the Finistere region is covered. It is located in Poulguenn, near Penmarc'h in Bigoudenland ( French Pays Bigouden ) in Brittany in France .
description
The tumulus was originally a mound about 6.0 meters high and 40 meters in diameter. Inside there is an approximately 18.0 meter long gallery grave, which is accessed approximately in the middle by an approximately 4.0 meter long corridor. It is a T-shaped dolmen with two chamber halves. The largest capstone is about 6.0 meters long, 3.0 meters wide and weighs 16 tons.
The mound was excavated in 1807 and 1902. The 1902 excavation revealed a chamber of rubble riddled bones and burnt remains, as well as a number of millstones.
Engravings: A support stone that forms a chamber separation has seven bowls . Five other bearing stones are also engraved.
The tumulus has been classified as a monument historique since 1921 .
Pierre-Roland Giot recorded in 1977 that the Poulguen dolmen should be the subject of restoration.
See also
literature
- Serge Duigou, Jean-Michel Le Boulanger: Histoire du Pays bigouden. Éditions Palantines, Plomelin 2002, ISBN 2-911434-23-4 , p. 30.
Web links
- Tumulus of Poulguen in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Video
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 24.3 " N , 4 ° 18 ′ 17.8" W.