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Photo Pages: Gavrinis Cairn - Cairn in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 03 January 2005  Page Views: 5991
Megaliths in France Site Name: Gavrinis Cairn
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Vannes Nearest Village: Īle de Gavrinis
Latitude: 47.571800N  Longitude: 2.8983W
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
 5 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.
 2 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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Gavrinis Cairn submitted by AlexHunger

Gavrinis Cairn in Morbihan, Brittany

The Gavrinis Cairn on an Island in the Golfe du Morbillan is one of the best preserved sites in Brittany. It has marvelous carved slabs in the passage and chamber. You need to take a boat ride from Larmor Baden Harbour, near Vannes to get there.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Positional co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map source

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
Site sign giving information about the grave. Our guide said that the carvings at this site were unique in their detail, but that similarities in the spiral designs are seen in Ireland (I have seen them there myself). However, a few years ago I visited a tumulus in a wood near Le Geant de Manio and it had similar magnificent concentric carvings on its inside stones. On this trip I tried to loca

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
Site sign for stones 19 to 26

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
Stones 13 to 18 are illustrated on this sign. I think 18 is the one with a carved slot which looks like a handle. despite the group being told not to touch the carvings and limited to fifteen persons three or four people gripped this "handle" and so its colour is changing with the oil from many hands touching it. I have seen this effect at places like Ankor Wat where the breasts of statues are

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
Site sign illustrating the artwork on stones 3 to 12. I must say that they are some of the finest examples of rock art that I have seen and I am sorry not to have photos to put on the site.

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
View of the cairn from the south east. Visited in late September 2009.

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
The entrance to the cairn. After an excellent fifteen minute talk in French we were escorted into the cairn to see the wonderful artwork engraved onto the stones in the passageway and chamber. Unfortunately photography is not permitted inside the chamber "to protect the artwork" - not sure how photography damaged it - more like damage to their sale of postcards and books I guess.

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
The magnificent cairn set on an island. Entry to the site is only with a guide (booked concurrently with the ferry) who gave an excellent description (was in French when I visited but some tours are in English too).

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by DrewParsons
The ferry to the island - book at the kiosk by the wharf as places are limited.

Gavrinis Cairn submitted by rw1
09/2007

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    La Preuve Par Les Pierres (Score: 1)
    by coldrum on Tuesday, 20 May 2008
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    La Preuve Par Les Pierres

    A novel unveils a mystery of megalith builders! Go to
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    and read about the meaning of rock engravings in the Gavrinis tumulus.
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