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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kerran Dolmens - Chambered Tomb in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by thecaptain on Wednesday, 11 August 2004  Page Views: 7811

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kerran Dolmens Alternative Name: Roh-Vras
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Auray  Nearest Village: St-Philibert
Latitude: 47.598300N  Longitude: 2.9878W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain visited on 12th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 From the busy Chat Noir roundabout to the south of Crac'h, take a small lane to the southeast, a few hundred metres along which you find a little clearing to the right of the lane within which this tomb resides. I was not quite sure what to make of it, there are two obvious chambers, both still with capstones, but there looks to be more. I think it was probably two dolmens with entrance corridors, probably both once contained within a single mound. The first, western chamber, has a 3 metre by 3 metre capstone on a chamber twice the size, possibly seperated into two by an internal stone. The eastern chamber is 3 m by 2 m and has an end stone, with a probable entrance to the south. As with most of the lesser known monuments around here, it is all becoming very overgrown with gorse and brambles, which is a real shame. There was once a third dolmen here, which was bought and then completely removed in order to make a family tomb of the Archéologist Jean-Baptiste Piketty (1827-1884) in the cemetary at Meudon.

johnstone visited on 8th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

ShamrockStone regina Martin_L ermine have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 4

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by TheCaptain : The western chamber has a 3 metre by 3 metre capstone on a chamber twice the size, possibly seperated into two by an internal stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of two dolmens a couloir near the intersection of the D28 with the D781 to the south of Crac'h, one in better condition than the other.

From the busy Chat Noir roundabout to the south of Crac'h, take a small lane to the southeast, a few hundred metres along which you find a little clearing to the right of the lane within which this tomb resides.

I was not quite sure what to make of it, there are two obvious chambers, both still with capstones, but there looks to be more. I think it was probably two dolmens with entrance corridors, probably both once contained within a single mound.

The first, western chamber, has a 3 metre by 3 metre capstone on a chamber twice the size, possibly seperated into two by an internal stone. The eastern chamber is 3 m by 2 m and has an end stone, with a probable entrance to the south.

As with most of the lesser known monuments around here, it is all becoming very overgrown with gorse and brambles, which is a real shame.

I found out after my visit that there was once a third dolmen here, which was bought and then completely removed in order to make the family tomb of the Archéologist Jean-Baptiste Piketty (1827-1884) in the cemetary at Meudon.

Burl reports it is alleged there was once a spiral carved rock nearby, but no hard evidence was found.

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Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by TheCaptain : I was not quite sure what to make of it, there are two obvious chambers, both still with capstones, but there looks to be more. I think it was probably 2 to 4 dolmens with entrance corridors, probably both once contained within a single mound. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by TheCaptain : Remains of two dolmens a couloir near the intersection of the D28 with the D781 to the south of Crac'h, one in better condition than the other. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France dolmen 2 in front en dolmen 1 in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France dolmen 1 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by TheCaptain : I was not quite sure what to make of it, there are two obvious chambers, both still with capstones, but there looks to be more. I think it was probably 2 to 4 dolmens with entrance corridors, probably both once contained within a single mound.

Kerran Dolmens
Kerran Dolmens submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

Kerran Dolmens
Kerran Dolmens submitted by ShamrockStone

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France dolmen 2

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by ermine : Kerran 47.598N 2.988W This is one of two dolmens near the intersection of the D28 with the D781 (the other is more dilapidated)

Kerran Dolmens
Kerran Dolmens submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

Kerran Dolmens
Kerran Dolmens submitted by ShamrockStone

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by Martin_L : The larger chamber in June 2001.

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Kerran dolmens submitted by minteddy : Grid reference: 02 59’ 16’’ West 47 35’ 52’’ North. I’m calling this dolmen Kerran No 1 to distinguish it from the ruined passage (which I’ve called kerran No 2) which is very near.

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by minteddy : Grid reference: 02 59’ 16’’ West 47 35’ 52’’ North. This is very near the dolmen at Kerran – 4 to 5 metres away. It looks like a ruined passage.

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by minteddy : This is one of a little group of dolmen made for Sunderland supporters being just off the Le Chat Noir roundabout. This one is along a metalled road to a farm hidden in the wide hedgerow – on the south side.

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Kerran dolmens submitted by Martin_L : Photo taken February 1991.

Kerran dolmens
Kerran dolmens submitted by ermine : Kerran goes with associate site submission this is the more dilapidated site

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Kerran Dolmens on Old Postcard by Andy B on Tuesday, 29 January 2019
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This card by Neurdein c. 1900 shows the 2 dolmens at Kerran in St-Philibert. There were originally 3 but one was dismantled and moved to the cemetery at Meudon and re-erected to act as a family tomb c. 1896 despite protests by the Carnac archaeologist Le Rouzic. pic.twitter.com/MO0Eyog8d9

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