Allée couverte Ty-ar-C'Horrandened, Pleumeur Bodou - France - Megalithic Monuments on Waymarking.com

"Cette allée couverte en granite, dite courte (contrairement aux allées couvertes arc-boutées qui ont des parois inclinées), se situe à 35 mètres d’altitude et est orientée est-ouest. Elle mesure 8,5 m de long et 1,6 m de large et comprend :
- un vestibule
- une chambre funéraire formée de deux parois parallèles (4 piliers au nord, 5 piliers au sud). La hauteur des dalles varie de 1m à 1m40.

Deux grandes tables assurent la couverture du monument. L’allée couverte est entourée de dalles très hautes, structures particulières aux monuments de l’ Ile-Grande et de Keryvon. On les interprète comme étant une paroi intermédiaire à l’intérieur du tertre et dont le but était sans doute de retenir la terre du tumulus.

Quatre campagnes de fouilles furent effectuées en 1866, 1868, 1909 et 1910. Le matériel, aujourd’hui perdu, comportait : - quatre haches polies - des éclats de silex - des tessons décorés et de la poterie noire - un disque de bronze, un objet en fer" (visit link)

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(EN) This granite covered walkway, called short (unlike the arched covered walkways which have sloping walls), is located 35 meters above sea level and is oriented east-west. It measures 8.5 m long and 1.6 m wide and includes:
- a vestibule
- a funerary chamber made up of two parallel walls (4 pillars to the north, 5 pillars to the south). The height of the slabs varies from 1m to 1m40.

Two large tables cover the monument. The covered walkway is surrounded by very high slabs, structures specific to the monuments of Ile-Grande and Keryvon. They are interpreted as being an intermediate wall inside the mound and whose purpose was undoubtedly to retain the earth of the tumulus.

Four excavation campaigns were carried out in 1866, 1868, 1909 and 1910. The material, now lost, included: - four polished axes - flint shards - decorated shards and black pottery - a bronze disk, a iron object. (visit link)

Type: Stone Row Parking: N 48° 48.183 W 003° 34.304 Number: 20.00 Size: 8,5 m de long et 1,6 m de large La hauteur des dalles varie de 1m à 1m40 Source: Granit local Purpose: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   07/29/2023 GwenanDu visited it