<< Our Photo Pages >> Barnenez cairn #2 - Chambered Cairn in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Barnenez cairn #2Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Plouezoc’h Nearest Village: Morlaix
Latitude: 48.668500N Longitude: 3.8595W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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.
neolithique02 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Access: 4
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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