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Quiberon is a French commune, located in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region. Quiberon constitutes the southern end of the peninsula of the same name, which also includes part of the territory of the municipality of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon.
Classified prehistoric sites
Covered alley of Pointe-de-Guéritte
The covered alley of
Pointe-de-Guéritte is a covered alley located in Quiberon, in
Morbihan (France). The covered alley of Pointe-de-Guéritte is
located in the town of Quiberon, in Morbihan. The covered alley of
Pointe-de-Guéritte has been classified as a historical monument
since 1931.
Dolmen du Conguel
The Conguel dolmen is a
dolmen in Quiberon, in Morbihan in France. The megalith is located
on Boulevard du Conguel, immediately south of the SNCF holiday camp
and about 300 m from the origin of Pointe du Conguel. This dolmen is
a passage tomb, originally surmounted by a cairn, whose state of
degradation is very advanced. A short corridor 1.2 m long oriented
to the northeast - now disappeared - opens onto a burial chamber of
4 × 1.7 m, made up of 3 orthostats and closed by a natural rock
outcrop to the east. The cover slab is no longer present.
The
monument dates from the Neolithic period. Excavations were organized
in 18924. They led to the discovery of a dozen burials accompanied
by dolerite axes, pearls and fragments of vases, which characterized
the ceramics of this period, since known as “ceramics of the
Conguel”. The dolmen is classified as historical monuments by decree
of July 30, 1920.
Menhir of the tip of Er-Limouzen
The
menhir of the point of Er-Limouzen (or menhir of Manémeur) is a
menhir of Quiberon, in Morbihan in France. The megalith is isolated
in the moor. It is located east of the coastal road (departmental
road RD186a), approximately 350 m as the crow flies north of the
Beg-er-Goalennec point, 370 m south of the campsite and 670 m north.
west of the Manémeur district.
The menhir is approximately
2.8 m high. Nearby, heading towards the coast, a corridor dolmen and
three megalithic chests that had been listed have since disappeared,
the site of the dolmen having been excavated again in 2017 by the
National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap)
Menhir of Pointe-de-Guéritte
The Pointe-de-Guéritte menhir is
a menhir located in Quiberon, France. The menhir of
Pointe-de-Guéritte is located in the town of Quiberon, in Morbihan.
The menhir has been classified as a historical monument since 1933.