Tumulus of Bougon
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The Tumulus of Bougon or Necropolis of Bougon is a group of five Neolithic barrows located in Bougon, near La-Mothe-Saint-Héray, between Exoudun and Pamproux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Tumulus A, necropolis of Les Chirons Bougon, Deux-Sèvres, France
Showcase of the limestone geology in Deux-Sèvres. Ammonite and nautilus fossils, Bernard d'Agesci museum, Niort, whose limestone sedimentary basin extends to Bougon.
Tumulus A
Tumulus A, entrance
Barnenez
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The Cairn of Barnenez is a Neolithic monument located near Plouezoc'h, on the Kernéléhen peninsula in northern Finistère, Brittany (France). It dates to the early Neolithic, about 4800 BC. Along with the Tumulus of Bougon and Locmariaquer megaliths, also located in Great West France, it is one of the earliest megalithic monuments in Europe and one of the oldest man-made structures in the world. It is also remarkable for the presence of megalithic art.
Front of the Barnenez cairn
One of the chambers, exposed by 20th century quarrying
Artistic reconstruction of the cairn, c. 4000 BC
One of the passages