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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tumiac tumulus Alternative Name: Butte de César, Monument Mégalithique de TumiacCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Vannes Nearest Village: Arzon
Latitude: 47.541100N Longitude: 2.8721W
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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markj99 visited on 15th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I stumbled across Tumiac Tumulus while waiting for the Petit Mont Cairn to open; Mad dogs and Scotsmen go out in the midday sun. I saw the mound on the horizon and experienced the usual gravitational attraction. A path to Tumiac Tumulus is conveniently located in a lay-by on the E edge of Arzon in a long straight on the D780. The site is closed to the public, a relatively common state of affairs in my experience, so I contented myself with a distant view.
johnstone visited on 28th Jun 2012 - their rating: Amb: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 10th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 As driving towards this from the east, it suddenly appears from behind something, before you arrive at the parking area and information sign beside the road. Whoooa, it’s a biggun ! It is said in legend that it is the place from where Caesar watched a great naval battle out to sea to the south of here, but there is not expected to be any truth in this, although from the top there is a tremendous view all around.
The mound is 86 metres in diameter and 20 metres in height, but it only has a single 4 metre by 2 metre magalithic chamber within it, which has been dated to 4700 BC. The insides of the monument are no longer open to public viewing.
Jimwithnoname visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 3.25 Access: 4
No serious attempt has been to date this large pile of rocks, but it is largely in the state it was in 2050 years ago, when it was first mentioned. Gaius Julius Ceasar allegedly used it as a command post, from which to survey troop movements and fleets while concluding the Gallic wars but it predates his appearance by over 2,000 years. This is a somewhat fanciful explanation, as the deciding battle with the local Venetes tribe was a naval engagement, observation of which the tumulus is not suited for on account of distance to either shores, even if it was at least 2 meter higher at the time.
If anything, Tumiac is one of the last nearly undisturbed cairns in the area, and possibly still contains a chamber. Leaving it as is has the advantage of allowing more modern research techniques to mature and concentrating resources for the conservation of other sites. More advanced technology may lead to less invasive archeology.
Care should be taken while approaching this site on the D780, as the sign for the parking lot is at the exact entrance of the parking lot, not a little before so that you can slow down.
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**That's weird, in 1923 they thought it was a fortress of the middle ages!
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