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

Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 January 2005  Page Views: 5270

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kergavat Dolmen Alternative Name: Er Roc’h, Kergouvat, Kergavat, Dolmen de Plouharnel
Country: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carnac  Nearest Village: Plouharnel
Latitude: 47.596194N  Longitude: 3.107161W
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.
2 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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markj99 visited on 18th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Kergavat Dolmen is located perilously close to the D781 on the SE edge of Plouharnel. It is somewhat neglected but still worth a short visit.

aolson visited on 18th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 We knew it was near the road, but I was surprised at just how close.

43559959 visited on 26th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5

TheCaptain visited on 13th Jun 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Right beside the busy D.781 road just to the south of Plouharnel, can be found this dolmen. In fact, the road has cut through the entrance corridor. This would have been a fairly big standard dolmen with a 4 metre or 3 metre chamber with a corridor to the south east. The single capstone sits on several supports, but its hard to think of this as a good one, being cut by the road, adjacent to a house, overgrown with oats and underneath some powerlines.

johnstone visited on 6th Jun 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5

roylarick ShamrockStone have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.2 Ambience: 2.6 Access: 4.8

Kergavat dolmen
Kergavat dolmen submitted by rw1 : 09/2007 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Right beside the busy D.781 road just to the south of Plouharnel, can be found this dolmen. In fact, the road has cut through the entrance corridor.

This would have been a fairly big standard dolmen with a 4 metre or 3 metre chamber with a corridor to the south east. The single capstone sits on several supports.

It is hard to consider this as a good one, being cut by the road, adjacent to a house, overgrown with oats and underneath some powerlines.

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Kergavat dolmen
Kergavat dolmen submitted by rw1 : 09/2007 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kergavat dolmen
Kergavat dolmen submitted by rw1 : 09/2007 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kergavat Dolmen submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by 43559959 : Best be careful while visiting. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by 43559959 : Kergavat dolmen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by postman : In front of it.

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by 43559959 : The view towards the sea from inside the Kergavat Dolmen.

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by 43559959 : Nice with a real dolmen in the backyard.

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by postman : Next to it. (revel in it's oh so crappy position)

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by postman : Behind it. (What road ?)

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by postman : In it.

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Kergavat dolmen submitted by rw1 : 09/2007 (1 comment)

Kergavat dolmen
Kergavat dolmen submitted by rw1 : 09/2007

Kergavat dolmen
Kergavat dolmen submitted by FleaMarket : Postcard from about 1900.

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