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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Crucuno DolmenCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carnac Nearest Village: Plouharnel
Latitude: 47.624200N Longitude: 3.1264W
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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markj99 visited on 19th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Dolmen de Crucuno is very easy to visit. It is situated adjacent to a house in the centre of Crucuno, a hamlet between Plouharnel and Erdeven. You 10m away from the monument. These facts don't make Dolmen de Crucuno any less impressive when you are standing beside it. A giant capstone measuring c. 7.5m long and weighing an estimated 40 tons is supported by 9 large orthostats.
Take the Crucuno turn off the D781 at the Toul Siac'h roundabout. After c. 0.8km turn right into a car park in the centre of the village opposite the dolmen.
Catrinm visited on 13th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Huge !
aolson visited on 17th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Why the building? Different era, different values...
w650marion visited on 3rd Oct 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Just lovely!
43559959 visited on 23rd Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
TheCaptain visited on 13th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Right in the middle of Crucuno hamlet is to be found this tremendous and much visited and photographed dolmen. The rectangular chamber is about 4 metres by 3.5 metres, covered by a single massive capstone which measures over 7 metres in length, perched on top of 9 support stones, with easily enough room to stand upright inside.
Unfortunately, a century or so ago, a house was built right next to it, and this has destroyed all but the last pair of entrance passageway uprights and their capstone. This passageway was recorded in the last century as being at least 20 metres in length, leading away towards the southeast.
In its past, it has been used for many things, including a stable, a home for the village idiot (*Burl) and a shelter for German soldiers during the last war. Despite seeing lots of pictures of this one before visiting, and there being a steady stream of visitors passing through (its obviously one of the sites on all the tourist trails) it was much more impressive than I was expecting. Excellent.
johnstone visited on 6th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5
X-Ice visited on 16th Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 There was a bicycle inside!
negus visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
ShamrockStone neolithique02 Ogham Martin_L Jimwithnoname DrewParsons Andy B have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.22 Ambience: 4.11 Access: 5
The rectangular chamber is about 4 metres by 3.5 metres, covered by a single massive capstone which measures over 7 metres in length, perched on top of 9 support stones, with easily enough room to stand upright inside. The enormous capstone is 7.6 metres in length and weighs about 40 tons.
Unfortunately, a century or so ago, a house was built right next to it, and this has destroyed all but the last pair of entrance passageway uprights and their capstone. This passageway was recorded in the last century as being 20-25 metres in length, leading away towards the southeast.
In its past, it has been used for many things, including a stable, a home for the village idiot (*Burl) and a shelter for German soldiers during the last war.
Despite seeing lots of pictures of this one before visiting, and there being a steady stream of visitors passing through (its obviously one of the sites on all the tourist trails) it was much more impressive than I was expecting. Excellent.
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