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Allée couverte du Prieuré

Gallery grave (allée couverte)

Allée couverte du Prieuré

France

DatedEst. 4500–3300 BCE

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The allée couverte du Prieuré, also called the allée couverte de Roh-Prioldi (Roc'h-Prioldi, Prioldi), is a gallery grave at Baud in the department of Morbihan, Brittany, France. It is dated by typological estimate to between 4500 and 3300 BCE. It was discovered in 1969 and classified as a historical monument by order of 6 January 1971.

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The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.

The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.

  1. Göbekli Tepe9600 BCE
  2. First farming9500 BCE
  3. Avebury2600 BCE
  4. Great Pyramid of Giza2560 BCE
  5. Stonehenge2500 BCE
  6. Bronze Age collapse1200 BCE
  7. Rome founded753 BCE
  8. Parthenon447 BCE
  9. Hadrian's Wall122 CE
  10. Machu Picchu built1450 CE
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Est. 4500–3300 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical for this type

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Allée couverte du Prieuré

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The cover slabs are incomplete, and only one remains in position, leaning towards the north-east.

Allée couverte du Prieuré

Description

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The gallery is about 11 m long. It is oriented to the north-west and opens to the south. The entrance measures 0.60 m. The chamber averages 1.60 m in width and is separated from the antechamber by a transverse slab. Practically all the orthostats are still in place. The cover slabs are incomplete, and only one remains in position, leaning towards the north-east. The height of the chamber varies from 0.40 m at its south-east end to 1.10 m at its north-west end. All the slabs are of foliated granite.

Archaeology

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Remains of an outer structure, possibly a tumulus, are still visible. Two imposing slabs a few metres to the north may have formed part of the monument.