Better known as i’le de la Torche Passage grave, logged here as Beg an Dorchenn(?)
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Looking down from the dolmen across the sheltered bay rich in shellfish
Hard not to believe the natural rock feature did not have some connection with the monument and its location on the cliff top
Beautiful setting at the end of a short peninsula overlooking the ocean
Monday 28 September 2009 First sight of the dramatic setting
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Monday 28 September 2009 Such a shame the huge WW2 gubbins (technical term) is so big & ugly....
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Monday 28 September 2009 I’d visited this once before back in June 1999. We definitely benefited from being there reasonably early & off-season
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Monday 28 September 2009
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Monday 28 September 2009
Monday 28 September 2009 Pano created using autostitch autostitch.net (not perfect for once!)
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Image credit: Moth Clark
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It’s in a very dramatic setting, right up on a little headland, sticking out between two wide sandy beaches popular with surfers. It’s next to a massive concrete structure which was probably some kind of war emplacement. As well as a central passage it’s got five chambers; they’re a bit difficult to ‘read’ as the monument is in some state of disrepair, but it’s well worth going to see it for it’s gorgeous seaside location alone.
Sites within 20km of Beg an Dorchenn
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Musee Prehistorique
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Park Men Bris
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Kerscaven
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Kerugou
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Lestriguiou
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Menez-Landu
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Kerfland
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Quélarn
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Lehan
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Le Guirec
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Le Reun
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Le Ruen V-shaped passage grave
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Crugou and Renongar
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Penglaouic
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Menhir des Droits de l’Homme
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Plozévet
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Pors Poulhan
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Cairn de Menez Dregan
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