Dolmen de Kerguntuil (Trégastel)
Allée couverte de Kerguntuil · Kerguntuil Passage Grave
Late Neolithic·Armorican Late Neolithic·🇫🇷 Brittany, Côtes-d'Armor, France
About
About Dolmen de Kerguntuil (Trégastel)
Gallery dolmen (allée couverte) at Trégastel, Côte de Granit Rose (c. 3200–2600 BCE), 11 m long gallery in pink granite with 16 orthostats and capstones, entrance flanked by portal stones, tumulus remnant visible.
Why it mattersExemplary Breton allée couverte in Granit Rose context.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Pink granite sourcing
- 02Secondary reuse
Theories
- 01Coastal lineage tomb facing sea
- 02Alignment to island of Renote
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Armorican Late Neolithic
- Purpose
- Collective gallery tomb
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Dolmen de Kerguntuil (Trégastel)
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Dolmen de Kerguntuil (Trégastel)
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Dolmen de Kerguntuil (Trégastel)
On the ground
Structures & features
48.8150° N · 3.5170° W · 18 m · 3 mapped features
Main Gallery (11 m)
chamber11 m gallery with 8 orthostats per side and 4 capstones
48.8151° N · 3.5169° WPortal Entrance Stones
portalPaired portal stones 1.9 m marking lateral entrance
48.8149° N · 3.5169° WTumulus Remnant North
kerbTumulus edge kerb 6 stones north of gallery
48.8152° N · 3.5171° W