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The Dolmens of Reun, located in the municipality of Plovan in Finistère (Bretagne), are two megalithic monuments dating from the Neolithic period. Their presence illustrates the funeral and ritual practices of prehistoric societies in the region, marked by the construction of collective stone graves. These buildings, typical of the Neolithic era, were used to shelter the deceased and probably symbolized a connection between the living, ancestors and territory.

The site was officially recognized and protected by an inscription under the Historical Monuments on 14 March 1967, under the cadastral reference ZB 73. This protection attests to their heritage and archaeological value, although their precise location (99 Corn Ar Palud) is considered to be of satisfactory a priori accuracy (note 6/10). No additional information is available on their specific use, their possible search, or the artifacts that would have been discovered there.

In the Neolithic era, Brittany was a dense settlement area where agro-pastoral communities erected megaliths with a funeral or symbolic vocation. Dolmens, often associated with tumulus, reflected a complex social organization and spirituality centered on the worship of the dead. Their location in the landscape, as in Plovan, probably met both practical (proximity of habitats) and sacred (cosmological or topographical axes).

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