Saint-Michel tumulus

Tumulus in Carnac, France

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47°35′16″N 3°04′25″W / 47.5879°N 3.0735°W / 47.5879; -3.0735TypeTumulusLength125 metres (410 ft)Width60 metres (200 ft)Height10 metres (33 ft)

The Saint-Michel tumulus is a megalithic grave mound, located east of Carnac in Brittany, France.^[1] It is the largest grave mound in continental Europe.

History

The tumulus was built during the fifth millennium BC. It consists of a mound of earth and stones 125 metres (410 ft) long, 50 metres (160 ft) wide and 10 metres (33 ft) high.^[1] Explored in 1862, researchers found there a central vault containing fairly prestigious funerary furniture: axes, pearls, flint tools and sillimanite.

It has been classified as a "Monument historique" (National heritage site) since 1889.

Around 1900, the archaeologist Zacharie Le Rouzic [fr] again excavated the Saint-Michel tumulus and discovered a second dolmen and fifteen small stone chests, thus revealing the complexity of this monument.