Dolmens de Rondossec

Latitude:
47° 36' 1.87 N
Longitude:
3° 7' 1.92 W
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The western passage, said to be the latest of the three passages it’s also the smallest.

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The urban Rondossec came with its own little pixie.

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Looking down and out of the passage from the eastern chamber. The roofstone at the neck of the passage, visible here, is immense, but is dwarfed by many more immensities here at Rondossec. Three parallel passages in one mound – this was a first for me.

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The passage of the central grave.

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The capstones of the east (foreground) and central passage graves. The central is undifferentiated, the eastern chamber widens and has a side cell.

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Outlying menhir at Rondossec.

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The entrance to one of the main chambers.

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The entrance to one of the main chambers.

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The entrance to the little passage and chamber, too small to get into.

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Looking out of the main chamber through the low passage.

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Inside the main chamber.

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Standing on the mound looking into the mainest chamber.

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The two main passage and chambers, with the little one in the foreground.

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005

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Sunday 17 April 2005 Menhir in garden opposite

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Dolmens de Rondossec

markj99
markj99 Oct 12, 2023

Visited 19.09.23

If you are near Carnac, Dolmens de Rondossec are a must-visit. There are three dolmens buried in a circular mound, measuring 20m in diameter, in the centre of Plouharnel. The dolmens run in parallel on a NNW-SSE axis.

The eastern dolmen is c. 13m in length with a northern chamber measuring c. 3m x 4m. The chamber is partially covered by a massive capstone. There is a small lateral chamber, west of the main chamber measuring c. 1m x 2m.

The central dolmen measures c. 11m in length. The covered passage measures c. 6m and the large chamber measures c. 5m long. It is covered by two massive capstones.

The western dolmen is much less impressive than the others. It is c. 8m long with a c. 5m covered passage and an inaccessible chamber measuring c. 3m x 2m.

Directions: From Carnac take the D781 towards Erdeven. Follow the D781 through two roundabouts in Plouharnel then turn left onto Rue Hoche to find the tumulus.

Dolmens de Rondossec

postman
postman Aug 17, 2014

From Plouharnel, take the D781 north west to Erdeven. In a few hundred meters a sign will point you left down a small side road, the Dolmens are behind the houses of the main road, parking is right next to the big mound.
When we got there, there was some Germans looking round, so I got out of the car slowly and quietly, so as not to spook them. I strolled round the perimeter of the round sandy mound, it’s about twenty meters across. Soon enough fritz was had completed his perusal and gone off back to his home-made motor home, and I was left on my own. I could hear the kids laughing in the car, Swifts screamed and reeled about overhead, the sun was no longer at it’s hottest, all was right with the world.
The big mound contains three Dolmens within it’s structure. The eastern most of the three internal structures is mostly covered by capstones, within the end chamber is a small side cell in the corner.
The middle tomb is is perhaps the best and biggest. The chamber is pretty much a wider extension of the passage, the capstone is big and the floor is dry, so I sit and enjoy the comparative silence.
The third eastern most tomb is later and much smaller than the other two. The chamber is unroofed and full of earth, it would not be more than three feet wide. The capstones still left over the passage are so low that no egress is possible.
What a fantastic thing this is, so very very old and still so intact, despite the sunny seaside town nipping at it’s heels.

Dolmens de Rondossec

Jane
Jane Jul 29, 2007

I do like urban monuments, so the Dolmens de Rondossec were always likely to appeal to me. Whoosh in the middle of the village of Plouharnel are a lovely pair of funnel-type passage tombs, still quite buried under their mounds. They both have low passages which widen to a larger end. In a garden just opposite we noticed a menhir which looked suspiciously original to us.

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