Ca na Costa - Es Pujols / Formentera (Spain)

In the north of the Balearic island Formentera near Es Pujols we discovered a very geometric dolmen. It was built in the bronze age between 2.000 and 1.600 BC. Human remains and ceramic fragments were found at this beautiful site.

The dolmen is surrounded by a big fence which was closed during our stay.   

 

Dolmen de Mané Rethual - Locmariaquer (France)

This dolmen is situated about 300m from the Table des Marchand. It is also known as Mané Rutual or Men Er Rutual and dated at about 3800 BC. With its length of 20m it is the longest passage grave in Brittany (passage 9,50m, prechamber 6,50m, main chamber 5m).

Most of the stones consist of local granit but the broken topstone is from orthogneiss from Auray (10 km away).

In former times the dolmen was covered by stones as a tumulus and by sand and plants, too.

 

View from the back of the dolmen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chamber on the end of the dolmen

 

 

 

 

Dolmen de Mané Lud - Locmariaquer (France)

The Dolmen de Mané Lud is one of the biggest and most important megalithic monuments in Brittany. It is situated at the highest point in the peninsula in Locmariaquer - surrounded by trees and old houses in a nice and quiet area far away from tourism.
 
Actually the Dolmen is part of a Tumulus of 80m length, 50m width and 5m height. The corridor has a length of 10m but only 5m are covered with stones. Dimensions of the chamber are 4m x 3m and a maximum height of 1,80m. The capstone of the Dolmen has a length of 8,30m, width of 4m and height of 0,5m but it is broken in two pieces.

In the Dolmen skeletal remains of two humans, pottery sherds and flintstone were found.
The very special in this Dolmen are several carvings in the end stones and the floor plate but not on the ones consisting from granite only from orthogneiss. They seem to show a whale blowing water (interpreted by Serge Cassen). There are similar carvings at Gavrini. The smaler carvings look like Báculos (crooks).

Geographical coordinates: 47°34'26.3"N / 2°57'03.7"W

The Tumulus with the Dolmen on its top

View from the top of the Tumulus with one large top stone

The Dolmen from above with its entrance on the left

Dolmen to right and house left

End stone with whale carvings

View from inside through the corridor

Top stones of the Dolmen

 

 

Dolmen de Kergavat (Er Roc'h) - Plouharnel (France)

Along the street D781 south of Plouharnel you can find the Dolmen de Kergavat (also called Er Roc'h or Kergouvat). It is situated next to the street but there is no information sign next to the dolmen.
The size of the chamber is app. 4m x 3m.

Géant de Manio / Quadrilatère de Manio - Carnac (France)

Along the stone rows of Carnac to the east the "Quadrilatère de Manio" and the "Géant de Manio" are to be found.
Both are dated to the neolithical age of about 4.500 B.C. and were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century.

The quadrilateral enclosure of local granite stones have a height of max. 1 meter. The length of the site is about 37 meters, the eastern width is app. 10 meters but western width app. 7 meters. It was supposed to be a surrounding of a flattened tumulus.  

"Géant de Manio", the menhir next to the Quadrilatère, has a height of app. 6,5 meters. A legend says: If you throw a pebble onto the top of the menhir AND it remains on it, you have a free wish ...

Quadrilatère de Manio

Menhir Géant de Manio

Stones on top of the Géant