Megaliths Of Kerguntuil

Most of our previous time in Brittany has been in Morbihan, in the south, where the chief megalithic centers seem to have been. We spent a great deal of time in Morbihan in 2009. This year's trip has been mostly about the north coast, all the way from Dunkerque, and consequently we wanted to spend at least a little time visiting some of the Cote du  Nord's famous megalithic sites. The Kerguntuil dolmen and allee couverte are minor but excellent specimens of what our ancestors were up to 4,000-5,000 years ago.

Megalith hunters...bring back memories, Rebecca and Rachel?

The Kerguntuil dolmen and allee couverte

The dolmen

Thus

Interior

Picture Day for me

The allee couverte

Up closer

Brittany megaliths are famous for their occasional carvings;
one sees this a bit in Ireland, almost never in the UK; anyhow,
here is a row of bumps carved into the stone; archaeologists
have described them as "breasts" of a neolithic mother goddess

Dirty old man pose; she made me do this; really

Too bad we don't have our sign forest anymore