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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kerugou dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Finistère (29)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 28 December 2004  Page Views: 5292

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kerugou dolmen Alternative Name: Allée de Kerugon
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Finistère (29) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Pont l'Abbé  Nearest Village: Plomeur
Latitude: 47.846170N  Longitude: 4.30946W
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.
5 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
5

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TheCaptain visited on 17th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Kerugou dolmen is an interesting one, which can be found just inside a field beside a small road and signposted. It has a large compartmented chamber at the back, western end, with a long central passageway opening up to the east, at orientation 097°. The central passage is about 9 metres long and up to 2m in width away from the entrance. The two side chambers align along the back wall, and are each 3m by 2.5m, with some massive side slabs. Unfortunately, there is only one capstone still in place, and that is on the entrance passageway, but it's a nice monument to discover. Much of its mound is still in place.

johnstone visited on 11th Jun 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

regina Martin_L have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 5

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by minteddy : 3 - 4 km east of Troenen in Penmarch south west Finisterre. View from west looking east down the length of the passage. The concrete pillar supporing the cap stone has gone. On mappy.com enter place Kerugou, postcode 29120. View aerial photo at street level and about 200 metres north west of post code address (on aerial photo it is at south east corner of mini triangular village green) you'l... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Kerugou dolmen is an interesting one, which can be found just inside a field beside a small road and signposted a couple of kilometres northwest of Plomeur.

It has a large compartmented chamber at the back, western end, with a long central passageway opening up to the east, at orientation 097°. The central passage is about 9 metres long and up to 2m in width away from the entrance.

The two side chambers align along the back wall, and are each 3m by 2.5m, with some massive side slabs. Unfortunately, there is only one capstone still in place, and that is on the entrance passageway, but it's a nice monument to discover.

Much of its mound is still in place.

minteddy wrote: On mappy.com enter place Kerugou, postcode 29120. View aerial photo at street level and about 200 metres north west of post code address (on aerial photo it is at south east corner of mini triangular village green) you'll see dolmen by different colour in field to north west of mini triangular village green.

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Kerugou dolmen submitted by johnstone : Look through the passage on June 11, 2004 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by minteddy : Minor road approx 3 - 4 km east of Troenen in Penmarch south west Finisterre. Taken about August 1997 or 1998. You can clearly see a concrete pillar holding the cap stone up. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by Martin_L : View towards the main passage of the compartmented/multi-chambered T-Shaped passage grave. June 2023. [photo enthusiast info: excerpt of film photo scan. Photo taken with a 1960s Chinon TTL and 55mm f1.7 Reflecta on expired Svema 64 film which allows for dreamy/ethereal results] (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by minteddy : 3 - 4 km east of Troenen in Penmarch south west Finisterre. This photo is taken from the south side looking north. The stones lining the passage are much larger this side (south side). On mappy.com enter place Kerugou, postcode 29120. View aerial photo at street level and about 200 metres north west of post code address (on aerial photo it is at south east corner of mini triangular village g... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by minteddy : 3 - 4 km east of Troenen in Penmarch south west Finisterre. This view is almost equivalent of photo taken 8 - 9 years before. Again obvious supporing concrete pillar is no longer there. Does the stone in the middle of the photo have circular markings on. At the time I couldn't see the markings. Probably my imagination. On mappy.com enter place Kerugou, postcode 29120. View aerial photo at st... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by minteddy : 3 - 4 kilometres east of Troenen in Penmarch south west Finisterre. Taken early August 2006. More like my usual megalithic hunting weather. View from the south side of the monument. On mappy.com enter place Kerugou, postcode 29120. View aerial photo at street level and about 200 metres north west of post code address (on aerial photo it is at south east corner of mini triangular village gree...

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by minteddy : Approx 3 - 4 km east of Troenen in Penmarch south west Finisterre. View down the chamber and concrete support for cap stone clearly seen. Photo taken either 1997 or 1998. On mappy.com enter place Kerugou, postcode 29120. View aerial photo at street level and about 200 metres north west of post code address (on aerial photo it is at south east corner of mini triangular village green) you'll s...

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by Flickr : Dolmen, Kerugou Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA Image copyright: "Besenbinder" (Armin S Kowalski), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Kerugou dolmen submitted by johnstone : The southern, bigger chamber, June 11, 2004

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by johnstone : The northern, smaller chamber, June 11, 2004

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by karolus : Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by karolus

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Kerugou dolmen submitted by regina

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by regina

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by regina

Kerugou dolmen
Kerugou dolmen submitted by durhamnature : Drawing from "Der Orient und Europa" via archive.org Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France

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Re: Kerugou dolmen by Anonymous on Wednesday, 27 December 2006
Hello
I live in the village next to the dolmen and ,digging in my garden, I've unearthed a stone object that looks man-made. From photos I've seen on the Web, it looks like a polished stone axe. Does it date back to the time the dolmen was built and would that mean the place was inhabited at the time? What kind of "houses" did the neolithic people live in?(My house was built around 1900 but there's an older part to it -17th century).
Fabrice
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    Re: Kerugou dolmen by TheCaptain on Friday, 29 December 2006
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    Hi Fabrice. You live in an area extrememly rich in prehistoric remains, and what you have found may well be a prehistoric axe, and its age may even be much older than the dolmen.

    You are also lucky in that you live only a few kilometres from the Musée Préhistorique at St Guénolé, which although I have not visited (a major mistake a few years ago!) I believe has superb collections of many prehistoric items from Finistere and the region, including several repositioned dolmens and an unrivalled collection of Steles.

    I suggest you take your find along to the museum and ask the people there. They may be able to date it accurately, and show you similar items. They will also be able to show you reconstructions of how people lived in those days.

    Perhaps you could send us some photographs.

    Bonne chance.
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