The Kercado passage grave is located 2.25 km ENE of Carnac-Ville. It is amongst the oldest megalithic monuments estimated to been build as early as 4675 BC. The monument was excavated in 1863 by R. Galles and in 1925 by Z. Le Rouzic. A number of finds were made, including several axes, burnt human bone, … Read more
This passage tomb in Locmariaquer, Brittany (Carnac area) is know under various other names: Mané Rutuel, Mané Rethuel, Mané Ruthuel and Bé-er-Groah, which means ‘the tomb of the witch’. The monument has a number of upright stones with engravings. On two stones a symbol can be found that was named after this monument ‘Mané Retual … Read more
Mané Lud is a large Neolithic funerary mound at Locmariaquer in southern Brittany, within the Carnac–Gulf of Morbihan megalithic zone. The mound measures roughly 107 × 54 m and rises to nearly 6 m. It is associated with a chambered cairn or passage-grave element, placing it among the monumental tomb architecture of the 5th–4th millennium … Read more
