Toul-Prieu tumulus

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Plan of the tumulus from 1892

The Tumulus of Toul-Prieu (also called Sépulture circulaire de Toul-Prieu or Toulprieu ) is a circular grave in the forest near Coët-à-Tous, west of the D186 road, north of Carnac in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France .

description

The tumulus is a neolithic round hill about 17.0 m in diameter and 1.75 m high. Inside the hill is a concentric double circle made of stone slabs 8.75 and 7.25 m in diameter.

The mound was excavated and restored in the late 19th century. The excavations produced pottery shards and stone tools. The archaeologist James Miln (d. 1881) undertook to document the second excavation from 1878. This produced new pottery shards and stone tools (including a flint scraper and saw ) as well as urns.

The tumulus has been classified as a monument historique since 1929 .

literature

  • Zacharie Le Rouzic : Les monuments mégalithiques du Morbihan: causes de leur ruine et origine de leur restauration In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France 1939 Volume 36 No. 5 pp. 234-251

Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '8.7 "  N , 3 ° 3' 22"  W.