<< Our Photo Pages >> Ty ar Boudiquet Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ty ar Boudiquet Dolmen Alternative Name: La Maison des Fées, Brennilis dolmenCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carhaix-Plouger Nearest Village: Brennilis
Latitude: 48.361900N Longitude: 3.8481W
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | no data |
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rrmoser visited on 11th Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Perfect. Very strong energy.
pictstones visited on 1st Jan 2007 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Well worth finding - the central pillar stone is non-supporting (free-standing). Truly a faery mound for any romantic!
TheCaptain visited on 23rd Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 What a lovely monument this is! It's one of my favourites. It is easy to find, just at the northern edge of Brennilis village and clearly signposted, it has a little car park, a picnic area and it lives in a lovely large green and shady area, all very nicely looked after and with birdies tweeting away.
It is a rare dolmen in V form, which is thought to be a transitional stage between dolmens with entry passages (dolmen a couloir) and allée couvertes. It has been dated to about 3000BC.
It is almost complete, and has most of its earthern mound still with it, only a part of the back end has been destroyed by having a wall built through it. The chamber is about 14 metres long and varies in width from about 1 metre wide at the entrance, to nearly 3 metres at full width. The height also varies from about a metre to stand up height. The chamber opens at 125°. The main part of the is covered with three massive capstones, and has within it a standing stone which does not quite reach the roof. Perhaps a stele, but not smoothed and sculpted, or perhaps the remains of an internal wall.
Outside the chamber, the mound is almost complete, and even comes with most of its surrounding peristalith of stones. It is of an oval shape, approximately 17 metres long by 6 metres wide, and still up to 3 metres in height. Unfortunately the back end is cut by a wall and field boundary. The fairies house really is just that. A beautiful place for the little people to live.
johnstone visited on 13th Jun 2003 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 9th Sep 1987 - their rating: Cond: 5 Access: 5 Cycling camping trip round Brittany 1987 day 10. Cycle from Telgruc up over the moors to Huelgoat.
Jimwithnoname Martin_L DrewParsons have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.8 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.8
What a lovely monument this is! It's one of my favourites. It is easy to find, just at the northern edge of Brennilis village and clearly signposted, it has a little car park, a picnic area and it lives in a lovely large green and shady area, all very nicely looked after and with birdies tweeting away. It is a rare dolmen in V form, which is thought to be a transitional stage between dolmens with entry passages (dolmen a couloir) and allée couvertes.
It has been dated to about 3000BC. It is almost complete, and has most of its earthern mound still with it, only a part of the back end has been destroyed by having a wall built through it. The chamber is about 14 metres long and varies in width from about 1 metre wide at the entrance, to nearly 3 metres at full width. The height also varies from about a metre to stand up height. The chamber opens at 125°.
The main part of the chamber is covered with three massive capstones, and has within it a standing stone which does not quite reach the roof. Perhaps a stele, but not smoothed and sculpted, or perhaps the remains of an internal wall.
Outside the chamber, the mound is almost complete, and even comes with most of its surrounding peristalith of stones. It is of an oval shape, approximately 17 metres long by 6 metres wide, and still up to 3 metres in height. Unfortunately the back end is cut by a wall and field boundary.
The fairies house really is just that. A beautiful place for the little people to live.
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