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<< Our Photo Pages >> Barnenez cairn #2 - Chambered Cairn in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

Submitted by neolithique02 on Tuesday, 02 July 2013  Page Views: 2861

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Barnenez cairn #2
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Plouezoc’h  Nearest Village: Morlaix
Latitude: 48.668500N  Longitude: 3.8595W
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
2 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
5

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Catrinm visited on 3rd Sep 2022 - their rating: Access: 4 We could not see this behind a ledge though we looked for it!

TheCaptain visited on 16th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Leaving the car in the main Barnenez car park, we walked the few hundred metres up to the top of the hill and then took the first trackway to the left (west) just before the first house. Between 50 and 100m along here, and a field to the south opens up from which gives views over the main Barnenez cairn site, with a few gaps in the hedges at the fence allowing decent views. The northwestern side of this field is slightly raised, and all covered in impenetrable scrubland, which I assume is the remains of the cairn 2. Back to the top, and taking the path westwards into the next field, and a clear raised area is passed over, and looking at the ground, and along the edge of the ploughed field, the whole lot is made up of stones, mostly between 20 and 50 cm size, but some being much bigger. Perfect cairn material. A bit further round, and another splendid view of the main Barnenez cairn can be seen, side on from the northwestern side. Splendid.

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Barnenez Cairn #2
Barnenez Cairn #2 submitted by neolithique02 : Panoramic view of the second cairn (200 meters North from the famous one) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Back in 1955, 2 cairns were discovered by P.-R. Giot and J. L'Helgouach but only the large one was excavated by archeologists.

About 200 meters North of the famous cairn, you can find another smaller chambered cairn. There is not much to see there because the site is protected by a fence, but you can still see a 3 meters large stone and a lot of dolerite stone covering a monument where trees and woods are everywhere.

It took me 10 mn to find after talking with a local guide. Last but not least you have a very nice view on the main Barnenez cairn from there. So, just for that it is interesting to see.

See my visit to the cairn on video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlOO21LBodo

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Barnenez cairn #2
Barnenez cairn #2 submitted by theCaptain : Crossing the raised area of ground, which I took to be cairn 2. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Barnenez cairn #2
Barnenez cairn #2 submitted by theCaptain : The make-up of the ground at the raised area, which I take to be cairn 2. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Barnenez cairn #2
Barnenez cairn #2 submitted by neolithique02 : Some large stone can be founded around the cairn #2 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Barnenez cairn #2
Barnenez cairn #2 submitted by neolithique02 : The famous Cairn view from the smaller Cairn #2 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Barnenez cairn #2 by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 29 April 2014
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Notes from a visit in April 2014.

"Leaving the car in the main Barnenez car park, we walked the few hundred metres up to the top of the hill and then took the first trackway to the left (west) just before the first house. Between 50 and 100m along here, and a field to the south opens up from which gives views over the main Barnenez cairn site, with a few gaps in the hedges at the fence allowing decent views. The northwestern side of this field is slightly raised, and all covered in impenetrable scrubland, which I assume is the remains of the cairn 2.

Back to the top, and taking the path westwards into the next field, and a clear raised area is passed over, and looking at the ground, and along the edge of the ploughed field, the whole lot is made up of stones, mostly between 20 and 50 cm size, but some being much bigger. Perfect cairn material. A bit further round, and another splendid view of the main Barnenez cairn can be seen, side on from the northwestern side.

Splendid."
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