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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mané-Kerioned Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 January 2005  Page Views: 9854

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:
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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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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

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by JJ : Mané-Kerioned dolmen (Vote or comment on this photo)
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.

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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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Jimwithnoname : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Jimwithnoname : Set at the edge of woodland, on an elevated position from the road. Parking is just a few yards away. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Jimwithnoname : Set at the edge of woodland, on an elevated position from the road. Parking is just a few yards away. Site in Bretagne: Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Visited in September 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : Detail of the passage entrance to one of the two surface dolmens.

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by bronzie : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Postman

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Postman

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Postman

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Postman

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by 43559959 : Mané-Kerioned dolmen. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by pab : Looking towards the entrance, October 2014 (2 comments)

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by neolithique02 : Carnac - Dolmen de Mané-Kerioned Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by thereddragon : 324. - Carnac. - Dolmen du Mané Kérioned

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by postman : Very close to the road indeed, three burial chambers very close together, this one is my favorite. Taken whilst motor homing in 2004

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Megalithic Monuments...." via archive.org

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Jimwithnoname : Set at the edge of woodland, on an elevated position from the road. Parking is just a few yards away. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : A lovely, intricately carved unspoilt support stone at the back of the chamber

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : View inside the passageway for one of the surface dolmens

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : An overview of two of the three dolmens here (the third is still underground and accessed by steps adjacent to the road).

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by Martin_L : Site in Bretagne: Morbihan (56) France: Middle chamber (foreground), southwestern chamber (background) (June 2001)

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by pab : By a wonderful coincidence, this 1920 picture was in an exhibition of the earliest colour photographs when I visited the museum in Rennes last month. The caption read: Georges Chevalier, L'allee Couverte de Mane-Kerioned, 14 June 1920.

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Mané-Kerioned dolmen submitted by greywether : There are the remains of three passage graves at Mane-Kerioned. This is the E underground site looking towards the entrance and showing some of the decorated stones.

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Mané-Kerioned Dolmen submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France

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Re: Mané-Kerioned dolmen by Catrinm on Wednesday, 07 September 2022
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Don't miss if in Bretagne!
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Street View by aolson on Saturday, 25 July 2020
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Re: Mané-Kerioned dolmen by Anonymous on Tuesday, 22 February 2011
These dolmens are very beatiful!!! I hope i will go to see it when i will be in BREIZH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Re: Mané-Kerioned dolmen by Anonymous on Tuesday, 22 February 2011
    Sorry... Not "beatiful" but "BEAUTIFUL" (I am not english) :-(
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