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Clare Hooley

Les Monts Grantez, taken on a recent holiday in .
A passage grave built around 6,000 years age consisting of a passage leading into an asymmetrical chamber with a single side chamber.

View from the front passage with serval flat slabs of granite rock covering the hole
The chamber of the passage grave made of large slabs of granite
Information board at the site including a diagram. Text states “A mound covered the structure prior to excavations in 1912. Seven skeletons (six adults and a child) were found in the chamber, all were in a crouched position, lying on their sides and accompanied by limpet shells, bones of cattle, deer, horse, pig and goat and small piles of brightly coloured pebbles. An eighth skeleton was buried in a seated position in the passage. Other finds include a variety of pottery vessels, including a miniature cup and perforated shallow saucer, stone implements and a spindle whorl.”
Sep 24, 2023, 04:58 PM·Public·IceCubesApp
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