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<< Text Pages >> Dolmen de Kerdrain - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 11 November 2007  Page Views: 3089

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmen de Kerdrain
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carnac  Nearest Village: Le Hahon
Latitude: 47.631210N  Longitude: 3.101091W
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
3 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.
no data 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
4

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Between Kerdrain and Le Hahon can be found the remains of this dolmen a couloir. The orthostats are preserved, but the capstones are lost.


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Re: Kerdrain dolmen by Martin_L on Monday, 10 November 2014
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Photos of the site are visible here:
http://www.t4t35.fr/Megalithes/AfficheSite.aspx?NumSite=11474 It seems to have a similar ground plan as the nearby sites Mané Brizil, Mané Bogad, Mané Grag etc. . The round chambers of these sites probably had corbelled roofs.
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