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<< Our Photo Pages >> Crec'h Quillé - Passage Grave in France in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 13 November 2007  Page Views: 7994

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Crec'h Quillé Alternative Name: Allée couverte de Creac'h an Archant
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Perros-Guirec  Nearest Village: St-Quay-Perros
Latitude: 48.771200N  Longitude: 3.4444W
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
4 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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w650marion visited on 22nd Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Lovely site in it's own grassy enclosure - when you can find it!

TheCaptain visited on 24th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This allée couverte to the south of Perros Guirec is situated just to the east of the busy D.788 dual carriageway, and signposted from it, but most people will go whizzing straight past. From the parking area beside the main road, it is just a couple of hundred metres, but is walking access only. It's set in a nice little plot, probably originally intended for a house when it was discovered in about 1960. It is surprisingly complete except for the capstones, and still has most of its surrounding mound and outer peristalith of alternating slabs and drystone walling. This is a rarity in these parts, a lateral entry allée couverte, with the main chamber running east west at 073°, and the entrance about two thirds the way along on the southern side. The chamber is about 15 metres in length, by 1.7 metres width, but its surrounding mound is much larger. Just inside the main chamber, opposite to the entrance, is a smoothed and carved slab, which on one face, facing into the chamber, contains a pair of "breasts" with a large collar or crossed arms underneath. The adjacent face, which faces towards the smaller end of the monument, appears to have a "crosse" shape engraved on it. At this point are two capstones, which no doubt helped to preserve the engravings here. There is the base of a large stone just outside the entry, which is thought to be the base of an indicator menhir. The tumulus has been dated to about 2500BC. I was going to drive past this myself in a rush to get somewhere else, but I am very glad I did stop to see it, and my visit lasted over an hour, which means I will be late to camp again tonight. A very nice monument.

johnstone visited on 21st Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

neolithique02 DrewParsons Martin_L have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Crec'h Quillé
Crec'h Quillé submitted by greywether : A well-preserved allee-couverte with entrance, E/W chamber and mound. Art on one of the chamber stones opposite the entrance. Photo looking E, taken June 1994. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This allée couverte to the south of Perros Guirec is situated just to the east of the busy D.788 dual carriageway, and signposted from it, but most people will go whizzing straight past on the busy road in their rush to or from the coast.

From the parking area beside the main road, it is just a couple of hundred metres, but is walking access only. It's set in a nice little plot, probably originally intended for a house when it was discovered in about 1960.

It is surprisingly complete except for the capstones, and still has most of its surrounding mound and outer peristalith of alternating slabs and drystone walling.

This is a rarity in these parts, a lateral entry allée couverte, with the main chamber running east west at 073°, and the entrance about two thirds the way along on the southern side. The chamber is about 15 metres in length, by 1.7 metres width, but its surrounding mound is much larger.

Just inside the main chamber, opposite to the entrance, is a smoothed and carved slab, which on one face, facing into the chamber, contains a pair of "breasts" with a large collar or crossed arms underneath. The adjacent face, which faces towards the smaller end of the monument, appears to have a "crosse" shape engraved on it. At this point are two capstones, which no doubt helped to preserve the engravings here.

There is the base of a large stone just outside the entry, which is thought to be the base of an indicator menhir. The tumulus has been dated to about 2500BC.

I was going to drive past this myself in a rush to get somewhere else, but I am very glad I did stop to see it, and my visit lasted over an hour, which means I will be late to camp again tonight. A very nice monument.


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Crec'h Quillé submitted by w650marion : Entrance in the centre (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : The chamber (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : The passage leading to the chamber (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by karolus

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : The chamber photographed in late September 2009

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : The surrounding kerbstones

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : An overview of the site

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by w650marion : Attractive in it's hidden grassy enclosure. Note the unusual entrance under the large capstone in the middle

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by neolithique02 : Allée couverte de Crec'h Quillé (Saint-Quay-Perros) Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D''Armor (22) France Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by greywether : Chamber looking W.

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by w650marion : Rear view

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by karolus

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : Another view of the carving described in the main text, its representation open to conjecture in my opinion (2 comments)

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : Detail of the packing stones. September 2009

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : The carving inside the chamber and referred to in the main text for this site.

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : The mound and the chamber

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : Supplementary site sign

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by DrewParsons : The main site sign

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by Martin_L : Length of chamber is 16m. It has a lateral entry passage.

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by Martin_L : Chamber looking east.

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Crec'h Quillé submitted by greywether : Chamber stone with "breasts and necklace" art.

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Re: Crec'h Quillé by w650marion on Sunday, 06 October 2019
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No longer signposted from the D788 and no parking on the busy main road. Easiest way is to follow the signs for the Hotel Arcadia and the Brit Hotel aux Hautensias from the roundabout (a slip road). Turn right at the Brit Hotel and park carefully in the narrow road. About 100m along, the allée couverte is signposted along a lane to the left (walking access only). It's well maintained enclosure is on the left of this lane.
We actually stayed at the Brit Hotel, but no one knew about it or how to get there, even though it is only a five minute walk.
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