Length 125m Height 10m Phone +33 2 97 52 83 51 | Width 60m | |
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Similar Tumulus de Kercado, Carnac stones, Dolmen de Mané Kerionned, Table des Marchand, Musée de préhistoire à Carnac | ||
Saint michel tumulus
The Tumulus of St. Michel is a megalithic grave mound, located east of Carnac in Brittany, France. It is the largest grave mound in continental Europe.
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History
The tumulus was built during the fifth millennium BC.
The Saint-Michel tumulus consists of a mound of earth and stones 125 meters long, 50 meters wide and 10 meters high. Explored in 1862, researchers found there a central vault containing a fairly prestigious funerary furniture : axes, pearls, flint tools and sillimanite.
It is the subject of a classification as "Monument historique" (National heritage site) since 1889.
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