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LOCMARIAQUER - Table des Marchands / Merchant's Table (interior)
The Locmariaquer megaliths are a complex of Neolithic constructions in Locmariaquer, Morbihan. They comprise the elaborate Er-Grah tumulus passage grave, a dolmen known as the "Table des Marchand" (Merchant's Table) and "The Broken Menhir of Er Grah", the largest known single block of stone to have been transported and erected by Neolithic man.
The Table des Marchands is a large dolmen containing a number of decorations. The main capstone of the chamber includes a large carving on its underside depicting an axe, and part of an carved depiction of a plough, apparently pulled by oxen. This fragment indicates that the capstone was originally part of the broken menhir, since the design matches up with carvings on the broken remains across the breaks. Other parts were used in the tumulus and in the nearby dolmen of Gavrinis, on a nearby island. The stone at the back of the chamber contained an engraved stele with whorls and arched decorations which may represent fields of crops.
The dolmen was fully exposed and above ground until it was excavated and rebuilt inside a cairn in 1993, reconstructing its original appearance and protecting its contents.
Source: WIKIPEDIA
LOCMARIAQUER - Table des Marchands / Merchant's Table (interior)
The Locmariaquer megaliths are a complex of Neolithic constructions in Locmariaquer, Morbihan. They comprise the elaborate Er-Grah tumulus passage grave, a dolmen known as the "Table des Marchand" (Merchant's Table) and "The Broken Menhir of Er Grah", the largest known single block of stone to have been transported and erected by Neolithic man.
The Table des Marchands is a large dolmen containing a number of decorations. The main capstone of the chamber includes a large carving on its underside depicting an axe, and part of an carved depiction of a plough, apparently pulled by oxen. This fragment indicates that the capstone was originally part of the broken menhir, since the design matches up with carvings on the broken remains across the breaks. Other parts were used in the tumulus and in the nearby dolmen of Gavrinis, on a nearby island. The stone at the back of the chamber contained an engraved stele with whorls and arched decorations which may represent fields of crops.
The dolmen was fully exposed and above ground until it was excavated and rebuilt inside a cairn in 1993, reconstructing its original appearance and protecting its contents.
Source: WIKIPEDIA