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Built over 4000 years ago...

Built over 4000 years ago...
This gallery grave is a communal burial place and dates from 2400 BC. It's a specific type of Megalithic tomb where the burial chamber is about the same size as the entrance passage.

The objects found at the grave were gifts for the dead (archaeologists have updated more than thousand objects: vases, shards of pottery, arrows, tools, polished axes). The fact that no bones were found here could be due to the aciditiy of the soil.

Xata, Eric Readling, appo-fam, sea-herdorf and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Boro
Boro
Allée couverte du Petit Vieux Sou. Le lieu de rencontre en amoureux de mes parents ;o) Ma maman est de Brecé !!
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to Boro
Je ne m'attendais pas à ce que quelqu'un reconnaisse cette allée couverte, perdu dans le bocage mayennais. En tout cas, tes parents ont choisi un lieu chargé d'histoire (et bien intime aussi) pour leurs rencontres...
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has added
Alors, tu dois connaître également le beau "petit" manoir à proximité ?
5 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
Un site très intéressant!!!!!****
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to Nouchetdu38 club
Merci Nouchet, et il l'est ! Il fait partie des lieux mégalithiques plutôt ignorés, mais pourtant est aussi intéressant que d'autres mieux connus...
5 years ago.
 Tanja - Loughcrew
Tanja - Loughcrew club
Ist dieses Grab einfach so zugänglich, Christa? Herrlich...da klopft mein Herzerl ein wenig schneller :)
Wunderbar in jeder aufgenommenen Position!
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to Tanja - Loughcrew club
Danke Tanja. Ja, einfach zugänglich, ohne Eintritt, und es ist spannend, da hinein zu gehen... Es liegt ganz idyllisch in der Landschaft und ist einer der Höhepunkte auf einem Wanderweg. Wenn du diese uralten Stätte magst, müsstest du mal hierher kommen, es gibt viele davon, alle frei zugänglich.
5 years ago.
 Peter Castell
Peter Castell club
It would have taken a lot of effort to create that, the dead probably had better accommodation that the living
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to Peter Castell club
Thanks Peter. This is an interesting thought and you are right: the living had definitely no stone houses to inhabit...
5 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
We saw a similar place in Ireland, but it was not in anywhere as good a condition as this one.
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to Esther club
Thanks Esther. You know, not all gallery graves, dolmen or stone monuments in our region are in a good condition like this one. This is why I was happy having found it...
5 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
Peter_Private_Box club
Hi Christa

Very interesting picture!

We have similar places in Wales, www.britainexpress.com/wales/anglesey/ancient.htm

Of course the Welsh language is very similar to Brittany language (and French), so we share the same roots!

Best Wishes, and a good weekend
Peter
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to Peter_Private_Box club
We are all Celts, Peter :-)
Thanks also for this very interesting link. I checked and think that the "Bryn Celli Ddu" looks quite similar. Merry Christmas days.
5 years ago.
 sea-herdorf
sea-herdorf club
Wunderschön mit dem verwelkten Blättern im Vordergrund, Christa.

Unter meinen DIAs besitze ich wohl noch eine Aufnahme von der sehr gut gepflegten Grabanlage in La Roche-aux-Fées.
FG
Erich
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to sea-herdorf club
Danke Erich. Der "Fels-der-Feen" ist eine riesige Megalithanlage im Gegensatz zu dieser, aber diese mit dem lustigen Namen Petit Vieux Sou (Kleiner Alter Penny) liegt auch auf einem Hügel in einem kleinen Wald mit Eichen und Kastanien.
5 years ago.
 HaarFager
HaarFager club
Amazing! Thanks for the information about it as well.
5 years ago.
Christa1004 club has replied to HaarFager club
Thanks HaarFager, indeed, it's an interesting place. When you stand there, it's amazing to realize that almost 5000 years ago people lived here and left these remnants...
5 years ago.

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