Dolmens du Devès des Gleyettes
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Dolmens du Devès des Gleyettes is a megalithic complex in Martiel, France. It lies at 44.4233° N, 1.9117° E.
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Dolmens du Devès des Gleyettes
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The Carnac stones, near the south coast of Brittany, are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites, with alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local granite and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany, and form the largest such collection in the world. The stones were erected at some stage in the Neolithic, probably around 3300 BCE, though some may date from as early as 4500 BCE. Most lie in the municipality of Carnac, with some to the east in La Trinité-sur-Mer, and others at Locmariaquer, Arzon and on islands in the Gulf of Morbihan. The regional background, “Carnac and the Breton alignments”, is given below.
Dating
No date has been published for this site.
Setting
28 other recorded monuments lie within 10 km (9 within 1 km, 20 within 5 km). In Martiel, France, 1 of the 16 recorded monuments are of this type.
The nearest recorded monuments are dolmen du Puech Mort 2 (0.2 km south-west, dolmen); dolmen du Puech Mort 1 (0.3 km south, dolmen); dolmens du Devès (0.4 km south-west, dolmen); dolmen du Devès 1 (0.4 km south-west, dolmen).
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Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Carnac and the Breton alignments
The Carnac stones, near the south coast of Brittany, are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites, with alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local granite and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany, and form the largest such collection in the world. The stones were erected at some stage in the Neolithic, probably around 3300 BCE, though some may date from as early as 4500 BCE. Most lie in the municipality of Carnac, with some to the east in La Trinité-sur-Mer, and others at Locmariaquer, Arzon and on islands in the Gulf of Morbihan.
There are three major groups of rows, called Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan. They may once have formed a single group, split up as stones were taken for other purposes. Together they trace a contour line about 20 metres above sea level, and the stones are arranged in rows that stretch across four kilometres.
Three exceptionally large burial mounds of the mid-fifth millennium BCE, the "Carnacéen tumuli" of Saint-Michel, Tumiac and Mané-er-Hroëk, each hold a megalithic chamber with a single individual and numerous large polished stone axes. On the island of Gavrinis a passage tomb built around 4200 to 4000 BCE, one of the world's oldest surviving buildings, has stones covered in megalithic art.
Folklore: a Christian legend held that the stones were pagan soldiers pursuing Pope Cornelius, whom he turned to stone. Modern beliefs associate the rows with Roman and Christian occupation, although the stones date from 4500 to 3300 BCE.
Dating comes from radiocarbon dates on the tombs and from the stratigraphy at the foot of the stones.
When visiting, walk the alignments at Ménec and Kermario, and notice the stones growing taller towards one end.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Carnac stones, Wikipedia: Menhir, Wikipedia: Locmariaquer megaliths, Wikipedia: Gavrinis · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Where it stands
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- Coordinates
- 44°25′24″ N, 1°54′42″ EFor a GPS or map app: 44.42333, 1.91167
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Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
- Dolmendolmen du Puech Mort 24000–3000 BCE
- Dolmendolmen du Puech Mort 14000–3000 BCE
- Dolmendolmen du Devès 14000–3000 BCE
- Dolmendolmens du Devès4000–3000 BCE
dolmen de Combemousseuse4000–3000 BCE- DolmenDolmen von Combemousseuse4000–3000 BCE
- Dolmendolmen de Peyrofic4000–3000 BCE
- Dolmendolmen de Croufel4000–3000 BCE
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Image files
- Dolmen Le Devès.jpgAssociation Sauvegarde Patrimoine MartielCC BY-SA 4.0
- Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes avec sa dalle de chevet.JPGThérèse GaigéCC BY-SA 4.0
- Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes dans son environnement (1).JPGThérèse GaigéCC BY-SA 4.0
- Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes vu de profil.JPGThérèse GaigéCC BY-SA 4.0
- Dolmen du Devès des Gleyettes dans son environnement (2).JPGThérèse GaigéCC BY-SA 4.0
- DevDeGleyettes2.jpgWeirwolfCC BY-SA 3.0
- DevDeGleyettes3.jpgWeirwolfCC BY-SA 3.0
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