Tumulus, covered alleys and cairns in Brittany

Cairn
29830 Ploudalmézeau

The Cairn of Carn Island, at Ploudalmezeau (Finistry), is a megalithic monument of the Neolithic region with three corridor dolmens, one of which was the first carbon 14 in Europe (4200 BC).

Allées couvertes
56150 Baud

The covered corridor of the Priory, a megalithic monument of the Neolithic in Baud (Morbihan), is an 11-metre-long collective burial, classified as a historical monument in 1971.

Tumulus
56400 Plougoumelen

Kernours' tumulus, located at Bono (Plougoumelen), is a neolithic funeral complex consisting of six circular tombs and a covered aisle dolmen, classified as Historic Monument since 1928.

Tumulus
56300 Pontivy

The Tumulus of Nillizien, circular burial of the Iron Age, is a Gallic funerary monument located in Pontivy (Morbihan), rebuilt in 1891 after its discovery near Silfiac. It houses a collective sepulchral chamber dating from about 600 BC.

Allées couvertes
35720 Mesnil-Roc'h

La Maison des Fées is a neolithic covered alley located in Tressé (Ille-et-Vilaine), listed as a Historic Monument in 1889. This 12-metre-long megalithic dolmen features rare sculptures and a marked archaeological history.

Sépulture mégalithique
35550 Saint-Just

The megalithic burial of Treal, built in the Neolithic in Saint-Just (Bretagne), is a 15.50 m long shale funerary monument, classified as a Historical Monument in 1975, surrounded by an elliptical cairn.

Tumulus
35550 Saint-Just

The tumulus of the Château Bû, located in Saint-Just, Brittany, is a megalithic monument unique in Europe, dating from the Neolithic and transformed at the Bronze Age, combining dolmen, menhirs and individual graves under a 35-metre-long terrace.

Allées couvertes
22560 Trébeurden

The covered alley and the menhir of Prajou-Menhir, dating from Neolithic, are located in Trebeurden, Brittany. This funerary monument, classified in 1956, has an exceptional parietal decoration and an architecture characteristic of the archaic covered aisles.