<< Our Photo Pages >> Kergavat Dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in France in Bretagne:Morbihan (56)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kergavat Dolmen Alternative Name: Er Roc’h, Kergouvat, Kergavat, Dolmen de PlouharnelCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Morbihan (56) Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Carnac Nearest Village: Plouharnel
Latitude: 47.596194N Longitude: 3.107161W
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 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
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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