TRAVEL BRITTANY: CAIRN OF GAVRINIS - BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
The Cairn of Gavrinis is absolutely fascinating. It is located on an island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France. We took a tour boat from Larmor-Baden. Its capstone was part of a broken menhir whose sister is in Lochmariaquer, just a few miles away, across the gulf!
There's a great view and a little glimpse of how megalithic carvings are made.
Music: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Marc Gunn from The Bridge
Make sure you watch the video of the Lochmariaquer Megalithics as well.
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Tour of Gavrinis Cairn and Dolmen, 2004
As part of DuVersity tour of 'Enchanted Avalon' in 2004 we visited the major megalithic site of Carnac in Brittany, France and met with Howard Crowhurst to guide us. The tour was led by Richard Heath who first selected this clip (hence the Matrix of Creation logo superimposed) Gavrinis is an island on which is one of the most extraordinary masterpieces of megalithic science and art. More footage from Carnac can be seen at on the site of Richard Heath 'MatrixofCreation
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Gavrinis passage Grave Larmor Baden, France Spotting History
Gavrinis passage Grave Larmor Baden, France Spotting History
The Gavrinis island is famous because of its important passage grave, a megalithic monument from the Neolithic period, belonging to the same broad context as the Breton megaliths of
Carnac and Locmariaquer. At the time of its construction, c. 3500 BC, the island was still connected with the mainland. The rich internal decorations make Gavrinis one of the major
treasuries of European megalithic art. The tomb is also remarkable for the care taken in its construction and its good preservation.The stone mound has a diameter of about 50m. The
mass of stones forming the cairn is internally structured by a series of walls, subdividing it into separate 'ranks'. It is a characteristic example of Neolithic dry stone architecture.
The mound covers a single rectangular (nearly square) slab-built burial chamber, located at the centre of the mound and measuring about 2.5m across. The chamber is built of about 50
carefully placed slabs. The biggest of these is the ceiling slab which weighs nearly 17 tons.The chamber is reached from outside by a 14m long corridor or passage. Of the 29 orthostat
slabs that form the sides of the passage, 23 are decorated with carved symbols and patterns. Some of the symbols appear to represent non-abstract objects, like axes and croziers or
staffs. A common horn-like motif may symbolise cattle, a shape conventionally called the shield may be a very stylised human figure.
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Tour of Gavrinis Cairn and Dolmen, 2004
This film preceeded the film of Locmariaquer. We arrived in the nick of time to catch a feery to Gavrinis Island in a time when official tours were having lunch. We had a massive hamper made but had little time to eventually have a picnic near the pier. This is significantly reduced in length and introduced some of the questions about Gavrinis that can take years to digest.
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Aerial view of the Stone Circle on Er Lannic island in Morbihan, Bretagne, France.
2018-09-14 Er Lannic
Aerial view of Stone Circle on Er Lannic island in Morbihan, Bretagne, France.
Cruise the Golf du Morbihan, Brittany France
Subscibe to our Channel - The Gulf of Morbihan is a natural harbour on the coast of the Département of Morbihan in the south of Brittany, France.The area around the gulf features an extraordinary range of megalithic monuments. There are passage dolmens, stepped pyramids with underground dolmen chambers, stone circles, and giant menhirs, among others. The site best known to outsiders is Carnac, where remains of a dozen rows of huge standing stones run for over ten kilometers. The passage grave of Gavrinis, on a small island in the Gulf, is one of the most important such sites in Europe. Some of the ruins have been dated to at least 3300 BC — 200 years older than England's Stonehenge.
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Neolithic Brittany, Carnac, Locmariaquer, Kercado, Morbihan
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Video and still images of the amazing Neolithic standing stones and burial chambers around this area of South Brittany in France. Neolithic society comprised the first settled communities, planting crops and rearing animals for food. They used stone tools and predated the Bronze age. Being settled allowed them to develop a wide range of skills & crafts as well as erecting these amazing monuments.
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Music: Finding the sacred tree by Demicross, Musicshake.
Compilation Feature: Oldest Structures in Europe
Structures included in the list has to be;
-Located in Europe
-Is a recognizable building
-Entrance can be seen
Dates are approximated as they are derived from radiocarbon dating
1 Barnenez France Finistère, Brittany Grave 4850BC
2 Tumulus of Bougon France La-Mothe-Saint-Héray, Bougon Tumulus/Barrow 4700BC
3 Saint-Michel Tumulus France Carnac, Brittany Tumulus/Burrow 4500BC
4 Monte d'Accoddi Italy Porto Torres, Sassari Temple 4000BC - 3650BC
5 Knap of Howar Scotland Papa Westray, Orkney island House 3700BC
6 Ggantija Malta Xaghra, Gozo Temple 3700BC
7 Dolmen of Menga Spain Antequera, Málaga Tomb 3700BC
8 West Kennet Long Burrow England Avebury, Wiltshire Tomb 3650BC
9 Listoghil Ireland County Sligo, Connacht Tomb 3550BC
10 Stoney Littleton Long Burrow England Wellow, Somerset Tomb 3550BC
11 La Hougue Bie Jersey La Route de la Hougue Bie, Grouville Grave 3500BC
12 Midhowe Chambered Cairn Scotland Rousay, Orkney Island Tomb 3500BC
13 Gavrinis France Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany Tomb 3500BC
14 Wayland's Smithy England Ashbury, Oxfordshire Tomb 3460BC
15 Unstan Chambered Cairn Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 3450BC
16 Loughcrew Ireland Oldcastle, County Meath Tomb 3400BC
17 Knowe of Yarso Scotland Rousay, Orkney Island Tomb 3350BC
18 Quanterness Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 3250BC
19 Tarxien Temples Malta Tarxien, South Eastern Region of Malta Temple 3250BC
20 Newgrange Ireland West of Drogheda, County Meath Burial 3200BC
21 Skara Brae Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 3180BC
22 Tomb of the Eagles Scotland South Ronaldsay, Orkney Island Tomb 3150BC
23 Dolmen de Bagneux France Saumur, Maine et Loire Dolmen/Tomb 3000BC
24 Grey Cairns of Camster Scotland Caithness, Scottish Highlands Tomb 3000BC
25 Hulbjerg Jættestue Denmark Langeland, Bagenkop Grave 3000BC
26 Dolmens of North Caucasus Russia 12,000 square kilometres of Russia and Abkhazia Tomb 3000BC
27 Taversoe Tuick Scotland Rousay, Orkney Island Tomb 3000BC
28 Holm of Papa Scotland Mainland, Orkney islands Tomb 3000BC
29 Barpa Langass Scotland North Uist, Outer Hebrides Tomb 3000BC
30 Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Scotland Kirkwall, Orkney Island Tomb 3000BC
31 Quoyness cairn Scotland Sanday, Orkney island Tomb 2900BC
32 Maeshowe Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 2800BC
33 Knowth Ireland Boyne Valley, County Meath Grave 2500BC - 2000BC
34 Capel Garmon Wales Bro Garmon, Conwy valley Tomb 2500BC
35 Dowth Ireland Boyne Valley, County Meath Tomb 2500BC
36 Labbacallee Ireland Glanworth, County Cork, Tomb 2300BC
37 Dolmen de Viera Spain Antequera, Málaga Tomb 2000BC
38 Dolmen of Cava dei Servi Italy (Sicily) Modica, Ragusa Tomb 2000BC
39 Rubha an Dùnain Scotland Skye, Scottish Highlands Tomb 2000BC
40 Corrimony chambered cairn Scotland Drumnadrochit, Scottish Highlands Tomb 2000BC
41 Knossos Greece Heraklion, Crete Palace 2000BC - 1300BC
42 Bryn Celli Ddu Wales Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey Island Tomb 2000BC
43 Balnuaran of Clava Scotland Nairn, Scottish Highlands Tomb 2000BC
44 Vinquoy cairn, Eday Scotland Eday, Orkney Island Tomb 2000BC
45 Nuraghe Santu Antine Italy (Sardinia) Torralba, Sassari Fort? 1600BC
46 Su Nuraxi di Barumini Italy (Sardinia) Barumini, South Sardinia Fort? 1500BC
47 Nuraghe La Prisciona Italy (Sardinia) Arzachena, Sassari Fort? 1400BC
48 The King's Grave Sweden Kivik, Skåne Tomb 1400BC
49 Treasury of Atreus Greece Argolis, Peloponnese Tomb 1250BC
50 Naveta d'Es Tudons Spain Balearic island, Menorca Ossuary 1200BC - 750BC
51 Dún Aonghasa Ireland Aran Islands, County Galway Fort 1100BC
52 Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Necropoli della Banditaccia Italy Cerveteri & Tarquinia, Lazio Tomb 700BC
53 Temple of Hera Italy Province of Salerno, Campania Temple 550BC
54 Tomb of Seuthes III Bulgaria Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Tomb 450BC - 400BC
55 Parthenon Greece Athens, Attica Temple 432BC - 447BC
56 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak Bulgaria Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Tomb 300BC - 400BC
57 Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari Bulgaria Sveshtari, Razgrad Tomb 300BC - 200BC
58 Broch of Mousa Scotland Mousa, Shetland Broch/Home 100BC
59 Dun Carloway Scotland Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides Broch/Home 100BC
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Tour of Locmariaquer Megalithic Centre
In this 2004 film, Howard Crowhurst* reveals some of the most significant features of one of the world's most significant megalithic sites, dated 4000+ BCE. The three main components are the Grand Menhir (Er Grah), the Tumulus de Er Grah and a Dolmen called Table des Marchands, at Locmariaquer near Carnac Brittany France. The Enchanted Albion Tour also included Chartres, Mont St Michell, Stonehenge, Avebury, Edinburgh, and Orkney megaliths. *Howard Crowhurst is an English speaking expert who has lived near Carnac for many decades and helps organise events at
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A yacht caught sideways in the tidal stream by the island of Gavrinis in the Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, France 2011.
TRAVEL BRITTANY: LOCMARIAQUER MEGALITHS - HIGH JEANNIE HIGH
Megaliths are fascinating, but the Locmariaquer megaliths have something special with three such megaliths, a tumulus, a dolmen and menhir all within close proximity of one another.
They are located just outside the town of Locmariaquer. The capstone in the dolmen was part of a broken menhir. It's sister is on the island of Gavrinis a few miles away.
Music: High Jeannie High by Marc Gunn from Happy Songs of Death
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'Grave of the Princess' Dolmen
The dolmen is at least 4000 years old and locally known as 'Grave of the Princess'.
????☠️ Filitosa - Menhir et dolmen en Corse ???? (Full HD 1080p)
Corse n'est pas seulement la beauté sauvage mais c'est aussi la préhistoire, dans le sud de l'île sont parfaitement conservé dolmen et menhir datant de la période néolithique (6000 avant JC) et l'âge du Bronze (1800 avant JC).
La Corsica non è solo bellezza selvaggia ma è anche preistoria, nella parte sud dell'isola si trovano menhir e dolmen perfettamente conservati risalenti al periodo neolitico (6000 a. c.) e all'età del bronzo (1800 a. c.).
Corsica is not only wild beauty but it is also prehistory, in the south of the island are perfectly preserved dolmen and menhir dating back to the Neolithic period (6000 BC) and the Bronze Age (1800 BC).
Córcega no es sólo la belleza natural, pero también es la prehistoria, en el sur de la isla se conservan perfectamente dolmen y menhir que data del Neolítico (6000 aC) y la Edad del Bronce (1800 aC).
Корсика не только дикую красоту, но это также предысторию, в южной части острова прекрасно сохранились дольмены и менгир, начиная с эпохи неолита (6000 до н.э.) и бронзы (1800 до н.э.).
Korsika ist nicht nur wilde Schönheit, aber es ist auch Vorgeschichte, im Süden der Insel sind perfekt erhaltenen Dolmen und Menhire aus dem Neolithikum (6000 v. Chr.) und der Bronzezeit (1800 v. Chr.).
コルシカは野生美はありませんが、それは島の南に、また先史時代で完全にドルメンとメンヒルは新石器時代（紀元前6000年）と青銅器時代（1800 BC）にさかのぼる保持されます。
Córsega não é só a beleza selvagem, mas também é pré-história, no sul da ilha estão perfeitamente preservados dólmen e menir que remonta ao período neolítico (6.000 aC) e da Idade do Bronze (1800 aC).
Korsika är inte bara vild skönhet, men det är också förhistoria, i södra delen av ön är välbevarade dolmen och menhir anor neolitiska perioden (6000 f.Kr.) och bronsåldern (1800 f.Kr.).
Korsyka nie tylko dzikie piękno jest, ale jest to także prehistoria, w południowej części wyspy są doskonale zachowany dolmen i menhir sięga okresu neolitu (6000 rpne) i epoki brązu (1800 lat pne).
France.Atlantic Ocean.Carnac.The beach at low tide.Пляж во время отлива.
France.Atlantic Ocean.Carnac.The beach at low tide.Пляж во время отлива. SX30KEN43124 Canon SX30
The Cairn of Barnenez (one of the oldest man-made structures in the world)
One of the oldest man-made structures in the world.
Music composed and played by Sean Maguire Dublin
plongée golfe du Morbihan Gavrinis et le petit veïzit
Les monstres du Golfe
The Stones of Carnac Tour
A film of the Seven Day Tour of Brittany's Ancient Megalithic Sites by 'Neil McDonald's Megalithic Tours'.
The area of North Western France known as Brittany can be viewed as a continuation of an ancient sacred land stretching from the Isles of Scotland, down the west coast of Britain and across the English Channel. It is along this expanse that the Megalithic Stone Builders of the Neolithic Age left their mark in the form of sacred areas and pilgrimage routes covered with stone circles, long-barrows, chambered tombs and standing stones. On our ancient sites tour of Carnac and Brittany we visit a wide range of sacred sites including the many fields of highly unique Stone Alignments, or vast multiple rows of standing stones. This spectacular experience takes ancient site tours to another level and is a must for anyone interested in our megalithic past.
We will have plenty of time to tour the Carnac Stone Alignments but Brittany has a great deal more to offer. The many Dolmans of the area are varied in design and some contain fine ancient rock carvings, the main one being on the small island of Gavrinis, which we shall reach by ferry across the Golfe du Morbihhan. The still complete Kercado chambered tomb with its internal passageway over 20 feet long and 16 ft high dome with a standing stone sitting on its summit is a special treat. It stands on the edge of the main Kermario alignments with the Manio Giant stone standing at an impressive 21 ft tall, nearby. The Pierres Plates Allée Couverte, or stone covered passageway, stretches along the seafront with its right angle turn and intriguing rock carving. There are many more ancient sites to visit including the Champ Dolent menhir that, standing at nearly 30 feet it is the highest megalithic standing stone in Europe.
For the majority of this epic ancient sites tour of Carnac and Brittany we will be staying in the village of Carnac itself with a day off to take in the nearby beach, shops and the fine Archaeology Museum. Our final night will be in the fantastic walled city of St Malo with its excellent restaurants and bars, beach and easily walkable ramparts that surround the city.
Le cairn Néolithique de Gavrinis (Morbihan)
Le Cairn de Gavrinis est situé sur l'île de Gavrinis située dans la partie centrale du golfe du Morbihan. Elle est proche des communes d'Arzon et de Locmariaquer, tout près de la côte, puisque quelques minutes de bateau suffisent pour l'atteindre. Le cairn lui-même se trouve à l'extrémité sud de Gavrinis et un ponton permet d'y accéder facilement.
Le cairn est situé au sud de l'île de Gavrinis. À l'époque de sa construction (vers 3500 ans avant Jésus-Christ), l'île était encore rattachée au continent.
Il a un diamètre d'environ 50 mètres. Le cairn renferme un dolmen à chambre unique et à couloir long de 14 mètres dont les parois, composées de 29 dalles dont 23 sont ornées de gravures. Ce joyau de l'art néolithique est considéré aujourd'hui par de nombreux archéologues, comme l'un des plus beaux monuments mégalithiques au monde, par les gravures et le soin apporté à sa construction. C'est un exemple caractéristique d'architecture néolithique réalisé en maçonnerie sèche : des murs de parement structurent la masse des pierres disposées en écailles de part et d'autre du dolmen intérieur, dessinant une construction à large gradins réguliers. Sa construction est relativement tardive dans le monde du mégalithisme. Son utilisation cessa en 3000 avant J.-C. Les structures légères en bois qui se dressaient devant la façade furent incendiées et immédiatement recouvertes d'une masse de pierre qui condamna l'entrée. Une chape de sable fut même ajoutée pour transformer ce cairn monumental en monticule aveugle.
Le cairn recouvre un grand dolmen : un couloir de 14 mètres de long se termine par une chambre simple, presque carrée, de 2.5 mètres de côté. Cette chambre est située sensiblement au centre du cairn. Le dolmen est constitué par l'assemblage d'une cinquantaine de dalles brutes soigneusement juxtaposées. La plus importante couvre la chambre : elle pèse près de 17 tonnes. Probablement destiné au culte des morts, le dolmen a une forme classique « dolmen à couloir et chambre simple », très répandu en Bretagne entre 4500 et 3000 avant J.-C. Vers la même époque, des réalisations comparables sont édifiées en Normandie, dans le Poitou, mais aussi en Irlande, en Angleterre, en Espagne. Gavrinis est ainsi l'une des plus remarquables réalisations de la première architecture d'Occident. Ce monument est l'un des plus beaux et des mieux conservés qui nous soit parvenus. La somptueuse décoration intérieure ajoute encore à sa célébrité.
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