The Cairn de Petit Mont of Arzon, part II !!!

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And here here again went by it today in our gorgeous Rhuys peninsula or Presqu’Île de Rhuys. I come here often even if going to Arzon takes me about an hour from home by car. I like to tell you again about the stone megalith of the Cairn de Petit Mont of Arzon, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Arzon cairn de petit mont panel jul23

The town of Arzon  is in my beautiful Morbihan dept 56 and in my lovely region of Bretagne, and my belle France. I have written before on the cairn but will tell you more with new pictures. Briefly, a cairn is a stone tumulus (mount) above a burial raised by the Celts in Brittany, Scotland,and Ireland

Arzon cairn du petit mont entr jul23

The cairn de Petit Mont, houses a monumental ensemble composed of two adjoining cairns, built in several phases during the Neolithic era, and two dolmens whose rooms are richly decorated with engravings.  The megalithic site of the Cairn de Petit Mont overlooks the Gulf of Morbihan. Culminating 36 meters above the ocean.  From the height of its 6000 years of history, the Petit Mont cairn casts an enchanted gaze on Breton megalithic architecture. Proudly erected on the Rhuys peninsula !

A first occupation of the site is attested around 4,500 BC by the construction of a low mound underlying the cairn and the discovery of ceramics attributed to the culture of Cerny in a nearby habitat. A first cairn was built on this mound a few centuries later. It is 35 meters long by 20 meters wide and 8 meters high. It has no funerary structure in its internal structure, Around 4000 BC., a second cairn is built on the south facade of the first. It contains a passage dolmen. The floor of the chamber is made up of a large fallen and shattered stele-idol. Around 3000 BC., two other dolmens are built against the east facade. During the construction of the blockhouse, the first will be destroyed. The chamber of the second dolmen is square in shape. It is abundantly decorated with 12 slabs engraved with various patterns.  The two cairns and the dolmens are enclosed in a double wall. The whole structure measures 60 meters (198 feet) in length by 46 meters (152 feet) in width and 6 meters (20 feet)  in height. Awesome !!!

Arzon cairn de petit mont tumulus back jul23

The official Cairn de Petit Mont : https://cairndepetitmont.com/en/home/

The local Bay of Quiberon tourist office on the Cairn de Petit Mont: https://www.baiedequiberon.co.uk/to-see-to-do/culture-and-heritage/megaliths/cairn-of-petit-mont

There you go foks, a bit more on the wonderful Cairn de Petit Mont of Arzon, part II !!  You can drive right next to it and then walk for five minute to the ticket office and then in, cost is 7€ even if can be seen quite well from the outside as this time. Again, hope you enjoy the post as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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