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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cairn de Menez Dregan - Chambered Cairn in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 10 May 2015  Page Views: 11674

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn de Menez Dregan Alternative Name: la Pointe du Souc'h
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Quimper  Nearest Village: Plouhinec
Latitude: 47.987100N  Longitude: 4.4745W
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.
5 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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Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France (Vote or comment on this photo)
This megalithic necropolis of cairns dating to the Neolithic is to be found on the cliffs of la pointe du Souc'h, just to the north of Pors Poulhan.

See here for some pictures of a recently discovered large megalithic cairn which has been excavated on the cliffs of la pointe du Souc'h.

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Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by neolithique02 : Le Menez Dregan à Plouhinec (Finistère) Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by neolithique02 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by neolithique02 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by dagadd : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France Chambered cairn, part 3.

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by neolithique02 : Le Menez Dregan à Plouhinec (Finistère) Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (2 comments)

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by regina : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by johnstone : Restauration in action on June 14, 2004

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by johnstone : During restauration, June 14, 2004

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France

Cairn de Menez Dregan
Cairn de Menez Dregan submitted by karolus

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 122m S 181° Grotte de Menez Dregan* Cave or Rock Shelter
 165m N 6° Dolmens de Menez Dregan 2* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 668m E 98° Pors Poulhan allée couverte* Passage Grave
 797m E 99° Dolmen De Pors Poulhan* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 3.6km E 92° Menhir de Plozevet* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 3.6km E 92° Face au Penker menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
 4.2km NW 309° Saint-Dreyel mégalithe Standing Stone (Menhir)
 4.6km SE 125° Menhir des Droits de l'Homme* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 6.1km E 100° Menhir de Lestrouquy* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 6.9km E 100° Menhir de Kervinou (Plozévet) Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.7km ESE 103° Menhirs de Kerdelec* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 9.0km SE 134° Corn-ar-Palud* Chambered Cairn
 9.3km SE 130° Crugou et Renongar* Chambered Tomb
 9.3km ESE 113° Peulven menhir (Pouldreuzic) Standing Stone (Menhir)
 9.6km WNW 294° St. Tugen holy well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 10.1km NNE 32° Dolmen de la Chapelle de Kerinec* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 10.2km NNE 32° Menhir de la Chapelle de Kerinec* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 10.3km ESE 113° Menhir de Kersourou Standing Stone (Menhir)
 10.4km ESE 112° Allée Couverte de Plovan Passage Grave
 10.4km E 97° Lesvoe menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
 10.6km WNW 295° Dolmen de la Chapelle Sainte-Théodore* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 10.7km ESE 109° Menhir de Kerglogé 1* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 10.7km ESE 109° Menhir de Kerglogé 2* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 10.7km NW 319° Chapelle de Lannourec stèle* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 10.7km ESE 109° Menez Roz Tuchic menhir Standing Stone (Menhir)
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Re: Menez Dregan by neolithique02 on Saturday, 16 May 2015
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A good visit to be combined with "Pors Poulhan allée couverte".
And if you have time, go to the Penmarch museum.
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Re: Menez Dregan by dagadd on Friday, 01 November 2013
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Menez Dregan has much more than a chambered tomb. A cave just above the shoreline was uncovered by marine erosion in 1985 and has been researched by Bernard Hallegouet and teams of students from the university of Rennes since 1988.
Humans arrived here in the Lower Paleolithic, about 450,000 years ago, when the climate was warm (although a new Ice Age was coming). On the nearby plain of Sizun elephants, rhino and horses roamed.
The cave is about 3m high, 15m deep, and 7-8 m wide. Nine distinct layers of sedimentation can be observed, with five homes discovered. The oldest was 465,000 years ago, then another home was discovered in layer 7, at 400,000 years ago, and the latest home was found in layer 5, at 380,000 years ago. This is thought to be the oldest site in Europe with evidence of homes.
When I visited, in October, 2013, the cave was sealed for the winter.
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Re: Menez Dregan by TheCaptain on Thursday, 14 May 2009
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The aerial view from geoportail (blue aeroplane button, second from right) shows the recent excavations here in progress, with the blue plastic sheeting showing up rather well !
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