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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mané-Kerioned Dolmen Alternative Name: Dolmens de Mané-Kerioned,Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carnac Nearest Village: Plouharnel
Latitude: 47.615188N Longitude: 3.086244W
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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Catrinm visited on 7th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Superb carvings on many stones within one chamber.. easy to visit
aolson visited on 17th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 When first viewed, this would seem to be a fairly ordinary site for the area, but the condition of the eastern grave makes this one of the highlights of the entire Carnac area. My daughter declared this to be her second favorite megalithic site of the hundreds we have visited, which is high praise!
w650marion visited on 26th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Chrus visited on 1st Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
43559959 visited on 23rd Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 13th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This monument is in the process of being cleared of undergrowth at the time of my visit, so despite cutting and strimmers working around the place, I will get to see it. Perhaps the authorities are just starting on a major clear up of many of the ancient sites after years of neglect.
Much has been written about this place and the finds excavated here in the past, so I will not write much. This site has a collection of three passage graves, once all contained within a large oval mound, some of which still remains despite the road cutting right through it. Two of the passages are aligned north south, with the entrances at the south, while the other is situated between these, and aligned east west with its opening to the east.
The central and western chambers are now largely fully above ground, but the eastern chamber is almost completely still below ground level in what remains of the mound. Entry to this passage is down some modern stairs, and a torch is necessary to see the insides properly. Within this tomb, there are many finely carved stones, with unusual chequerboard designs on them, as well as some more standard serpents and axes, but unfortunately my camera seemed to be playing up again.
At various places surrounding the site are several menhirs remaining.
johnstone visited on 7th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
X-Ice visited on 17th Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
ShamrockStone bronzie neolithique02 Jimwithnoname DrewParsons Andy B Martin_L PAB have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.88 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.88
Much has been written about this place and the finds excavated here in the past, so I will not write much here.
The central and western chambers are now largely fully above ground, but the eastern chamber is almost completely still below ground level in what remains of the mound. Entry to this passage is down some modern stairs, and a torch is necessary to see the insides properly.
Within this tomb, there are many finely carved stones, with unusual chequerboard designs on them, as well as some more standard serpents and axes, but unfortunately my camera seemed to be playing up again while here.
At various places surrounding the site are several menhirs remaining.
This monument was in the process of being cleared of undergrowth at the time of my visit, so despite cutting and strimmers working around the place, I will get to see it. Perhaps the authorities are just starting on a major clear up of many of the ancient sites after years of neglect.
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