Name: Dolmen de Kerellec
Address: FR

Overview

The dolmen of Lann-Kerellec is a megalithic chamber at Trébeurden in the department of Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France. A typological estimate places it between 4000 and 3000 BCE.

It consists of a granite chamber beneath a single capstone. Its entrance has been destroyed, so it cannot be determined whether it was a dolmen or a gallery grave. It was classified as a historical monument in 1916.

The structure measures 3.80 m in length, with a width varying from 1.80 m to 1.30 m from east to west and an average height of 1.50 m. The entrance has been destroyed, so it is not possible to know whether it was a dolmen or an allée couverte.

The chamber is bounded by two orthostates on the north and south sides. The end slab on the west side is 2.20 m long, 1.55 m high and 0.40 m thick. A horizontal slab, 1.65 m long by 1.30 m wide and 0.10 m thick, lies semi-buried to the east; its original position is unknown.

The whole is covered by a single rectangular capstone, slightly inclined to the south. It measures 3.50 m in length by 2.50 m in width on average, and its thickness varies from 0.50 m to 0.08 m. A slab set upright to the south of the structure has a function that is unknown. All the slabs are of granite.

Dolmen de Kerellec

Overview

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