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des Marchands This is the third site in the complex and has also been greatly restored. It was previously excavated and all its mound removed just leaving the capstone and pillars exposed. In 1937 the cairn was rebuilt to protect the decorated stones.
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low entrance faces SE and is just 1.3m (4ft+) high leading to a 7m (23ft)
long passage that opens to a large round burial chamber about 3m (10ft)
diameter. It is covered by a carved capstone that measures 6.5x4m and
weighs around 40 tons.
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In the passage the third stone on the left has clear “serpent” carving but the main carvings are on the back stone in the chamber.
This sandstone slab is carved with over 50 curved forms arranged in two mirror imaged panels that this photo will do no justice to.
The sandstone slab and the copy in the Carnac Museum The capstone is very interesting as it has clear carvings of an axe and handle as well as an arc form but also part of and animal form that joins exactly together with the capstone at Gavrinis several kilometers away that completes the design. This shows that decorated standing stones were toppled and recycled into useful material for capstones.
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