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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mané Braz tumulus - Chambered Tomb in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mané Braz tumulus
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Erdeven  Nearest Village: Crucuno
Latitude: 47.634200N  Longitude: 3.1317W
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.
4 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.
3 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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Catrinm visited on 13th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 On the megaliths path .. 4 dolmens at once !

TheCaptain visited on 13th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I am surprised yet again. Up on a hilltop a few hundred metres from the Chemin des Megalithes trackway (use off road bike) is signposted Mané Braz, up a little footpath. The first thing you see is a lot of stones, which upon inspection are a double transepted passage grave similar to Mané Groh dolmen. The main passage is about 7 metres long facing south east, and has 4 chambers at the northwestern end, which are about 2 m by 1.5 m each. Most of the capstones are in place, except for the largest central one at the junction of all the chambers. The main entrance is a bit low, and a crawl to get through, but entry is easily possible through the end of one of the side chambers. Terrific. A bit further up the hill from Mané Braz dolmen 1 can be seen more stones. This is a more straightforward passage grave dolmen, with a 3 metre by 2.5 metre chamber covered with a large slab, and an entrance passageway curving off towards the south, about 5 metres long. The first capstone to the passage is still in place. Just next to the Mané Braz dolmen 2 at the top of the hill, are two more, smaller passage graves, each with curving passages about 6 metres long, and smaller slab sided chambers. The third grave still has a couple of capstones on an extension to the original oval chamber, but they are very low. The fourth grave is an oval slab sided chamber and curving entrance, but it has no remaining cover stones at all. It is very low, only about 30 cm in depth. Surrounding the area are several standing stones. I can only assume that these are various rebuilds of newer larger burial chambers as the years went on, the bigger newer versions getting progressively further east. I may well be wrong of course. I wonder if it was all in one big mound at some point. But what a fantastic place, Do come here.

johnstone visited on 6th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

ShamrockStone Ogham Jimwithnoname Martin_L lizh have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 3

Mané Braz tumulus
Mané Braz tumulus submitted by LizH : The front of the southern tomb of the main group. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Travelling along the Chemin des Megalithes, I was wondering what would surprise me next, and this collection of remains certainly did that. There are basically several tombs and dolmenic remains in what was at various times two circular and then one large oval mound.

Up on a hilltop a few hundred metres from the Chemin des Megalithes trackway (use off road bike or walk) is signposted Mané Braz, up a little footpath.

The first thing you see is a lot of stones, which upon inspection are a double transepted passage grave similar to Mané Groh dolmen. The main passage is about 7 metres long facing south east, and has 4 chambers at the northwestern end, which are about 2 m by 1.5 m each. Most of the capstones are in place, except for the largest central one at the junction of all the chambers. The main entrance is a bit low, and a crawl to get through, but entry is easily possible through the end of one of the side chambers. Terrific.

A bit further up the hill from the first dolmen can be seen more stones. This is a more straightforward passage grave dolmen, with a 3 metre by 2.5 metre chamber covered with a large slab, and an entrance passageway curving off towards the south, about 5 metres long. The first capstone to the passage is still in place.

Just next to the second Mané Braz dolmen, at the top of the hill, are two more, smaller passage graves, each with curving passages about 6 metres long, and smaller slab sided chambers. The third grave still has a couple of capstones on an extension to the original oval chamber, but they are very low.

The fourth grave is an oval slab sided chamber and curving entrance, but it has no remaining cover stones at all. It is very low, only about 30 cm in depth.

Surrounding the area are several standing stones.

I can only assume that these are various rebuilds of newer larger burial chambers as the years went on, the bigger newer versions getting progressively further east. I wondered if it was all in one big mound at some point.

What a fantastic place, Do come here.

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Jimwithnoname : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ogham : It is a nice walk to get here in the spring. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ogham : Access can gained to the tombs. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ogham : Interesting site with lots to see. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Jimwithnoname : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Jimwithnoname

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Jimwithnoname

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Jimwithnoname

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Jimwithnoname

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Martin_L : Multi-chambered cairn Mané Braz. Photo showing the north-westernmost chamber. The orthostats are preserved, but deeply embedded into the remains of the cairn. Bent passage in the foreground, oval chamber in the background. February 1991. (1 comment)

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ogham : View of the two larger tombs.

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Martin_L : Center: Mané-Braz Tomb 3. In the background on the right you can see Tomb 4. Foreground left: These are passage-stones of Tomb 2 (February 1991)

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by LizH : The side chamber of the restored tomb under an impressive capstone.

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by Catrinm : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by karolus

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ShamrockStone : The first and second dolmen of Mané Braz

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ShamrockStone : The hardly visible fourth dolmen of Mané Braz

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ShamrockStone : The third dolmen of Mané Braz

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ShamrockStone : The second dolmen of Mané Braz

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by ShamrockStone : The first dolmen of Mané Braz

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by postman : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by postman : The smallest chamber

Mané Braz tumulus
Mané Braz tumulus submitted by postman : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Mané Braz tumulus submitted by postman : Three out of four

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Re: Mané Braz tumulus by LizH on Thursday, 01 November 2007
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It's a pleasant walk along a good path, signposted from the Kerzerho Geants to Mane Braz (or Bras). There are in fact three tombs here, with another one down the hill a little way (but more wrecked).
Two of the tombs have been restored, but one is less so - practically a subterranean passage now. I think I have labelled the pictures right! The two bigger tombs are oriented south west facing, one with a small side cell.
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Re: Mané Braz tumulus by LizH on Thursday, 01 November 2007
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Condition: 4
Ambience: 4
Access: 3 (a good path but walking only and a fair way)
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