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The covered driveway of Kermaout is a megalithic monument located in the commune of Bannalec, in the Finistère department of Brittany. Dating from Neolithic, it is embedded in a slope and extends over 8 metres in length, with a north-west/south-east orientation. Its structure includes a cover table of 2.50 m by 1 m and six micaschist pillars, while a block of quartz near the eastern entrance seems alien to the whole. The floor height does not exceed 0.85 m, and the site has been classified as a historic monument since 4 November 1975.

The building was first mentioned in 1877, already partially ruined. It is associated with a local tradition evoking luteins, the Korrigans, who are called Park-Korrigan (the Korrigans plot) for the field where it is located. This prehistoric folklore, documented in 1936 by Georges Guénin, reflects popular beliefs related to megaliths in Brittany.

Archaeological studies, such as those conducted by Yohann Sparfel and Yvan Pailler in 2011, confirm his membership in the megalithic sites of Finistère. The monument, protected with a plot of land of 2 meters around the pillars, also includes ground stones located north of the funeral chamber. Its precise location, near the so-called Kermaout, is listed in the Merimée database under the code Insee 29004.

The covered alley illustrates neolithic funeral practices, with an architecture characteristic of the collective burials of the era. Its classification as a historical monument underlines its heritage importance, although its location is considered to be of poor accuracy (level 5/10). The site remains a material testimony of the prehistoric communities of Brittany, while feeding the local imagination through its folklore.

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