<< Our Photo Pages >> Saint-Michel tumulus - Chambered Cairn in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Saint-Michel tumulus Alternative Name: Tumulus de Saint-Michel, Carnac Mound, St. MichelCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Carnac Nearest Village: Carnac
Latitude: 47.588100N Longitude: 3.0735W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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markj99 visited on 16th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Tumulus de St Michel is located on the NE edge of Carnac. Hotel du Tumulus is conveniently located adjacent to the giant mound. A small chapel is perched on the summit of the mound. There are two modern entrances, on the S and W sides, into the two chambers and passages buried within the tumulus. However, these are only accessible on guided tours. Despite the encroachment of modernity, Tumulus de St Michel manages to retain its gravitas.
Catrinm visited on 5th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Worth a visit despite Christianisation
AnjaI visited on 1st Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Chrus visited on 1st Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
43559959 visited on 6th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 14th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Very old and big. Visits inside no longer available like they were in the 1980s.
TheCaptain visited on 3rd Sep 1987 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Cycling camping trip round Brittany. Day 4.
Get to visit inside the huge Tumulus St Michel, and see the ancient burial sections within it.
X-Ice visited on 16th Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
escale1 saw from a distance
ShamrockStone Ogham DrewParsons have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.63 Ambience: 3.63 Access: 4.38
Many artefacts were found during past excavations, lots of which can be found in the Carnac Museum.
TheCaptain writes: It was in the past (when I was there in 1987) possible to visit inside the mound and see the two large chambers and many smaller stone lined cists. The chamber is now gated.
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