Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chambre dolménique
Kervignac, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Chambre dolménique (cad. ZK 1b) : inscription par arrêté du 17 août 1934
- Protection dates
- 1934/08/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- dolmen
- Main period of construction
- Néolithique
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- Tri-Men-de-Castello
- Commune
- Kervignac
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.79592, -3.22957
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091327
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "7me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chambre dolménique en partie ruinée, encore formée de trois supports et d'un pilier debout, le tout supportant une table. Un support et le pilier semblent porter des traces de signes gravés. Le monument mesure intérieurement 1m90 de large pour 1m20 de profondeur. Les supports mesurent entre 1m20 et 2m55 de large et de 1m80 à 2m de haut. La table mesure trois mètres de longueur sur 2m80 de large.
English translation
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History
Dolmenic chamber partly ruined, still formed of three supports and a standing pillar, all supporting a table. One support and the pillar appear to bear traces of engraved signs. The monument measures internally 1m90 in width for 1m20 in depth. The supports measure between 1m20 and 2m55 in width and from 1m80 to 2m in height. The table measures three metres in length by 2m80 in width.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Gilles-des-Champséglise1 mi
- Domaine de Kerlivio (également sur commune de Kervignac)château1 mi
- Croix armoriée de Kériocroix monumentale2 mi
- Maison bordant la route 168, près de la place de l'Églisemaison2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.