Another of the great cairns or burial mounds in Brittany is at Gavrinis -- on an island not far from Carnac. It's also very impressive, with a megalithic slab structure in the passages and the main chamber.
Again, the date is Neolithic, but it seems that the builders here (a few centuries later than those who built Barnenez, Ile Carn and Guennoc) did not use corbelling techniques -- and they may therefore have been a bit less sophisticated as builders. But the structure is still a sort of stepped pyramid.
How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
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