Ti ar Boutiged

Ti ar Boutiged, also known as the Dolmen de la Maison des Fées, is a dolmen at Brennilis in the French department of Finistère. It is a “chambre en V” tomb, a form described as rather uncommon in central Finistère but common in the south. The monument has been owned by the département du Finistère since 1987 and was opened to the public following a partial restoration.

The dolmen is 13,40 m long. Its chamber gradually widens from 1,20 m at the entrance to 2,20 m at the rear, while its height increases from 1,20 m to 1,73 m. It has three large roof slabs, including a rear slab measuring 5,50 m by 5 m and 0,70 m thick, estimated at 40 tonnes. Two to three slabs are missing near the entrance. The chamber was long used as a V-shaped burial place and is now entered through the broken rear slab.

The monument was first mentioned in 1876 and donated to the Société archéologique du Finistère in 1878. A masonry pillar was built inside the chamber in late 1929 or early 1930, while excavation campaigns took place in 1990 and 1991. It was listed as a historic monument by order of 18 September 1995. Radiocarbon analysis of charcoal from the mound indicates a period from 3497 BCE to 3053 BCE, broadly matching the typological estimate of 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE.

Local tradition calls the dolmen the house of the fairies and also attributes it to dwarfs or korrigans. Another tradition presents it as the tomb of a giant who had to be folded nine times to fit inside, although that legend may instead describe a nearby natural rock formation called Bez-Guevrel, or “tombe de Gargantua.”

Ti ar Boutiged is a dolmen in Brennilis, France. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the French article "Dolmen de Ty-ar-Boudiged", shown in the original language.