LE CAIRN DE GAVRINIS

Un lieu unique à visiter !

Visiting Cairn de Gavrinis on Île de la Gavrinis and Er Lannic- accessed by a guided tour departing by boat from Larmor-Baden, Morbihan - you can only visit as part of an informative guided tour which is conducted in French, however the guides do give English speakers about a 20 minute summary while the group are going into the Cairn. We used voice translation on Google Translate during the tour - which actually worked pretty well too. The time spent on the islands is an about one and a half hours. Views from the boat and from the island are very pleasant. It is an incredible experience going into the Cairn and seeing the incredible engravings.

The cairn de Gavrinis was erected more than 6000 years ago in the Neolithic period, long before Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt. The cairn is a funerary architecture of dry stone, sheltering the burial of a distant ancestor.

The cairn is remarkable for its dimensions: more than 50 m in diameter, 6 m high. It has just a single 2.5 metre-wide burial chamber which lies at its centre. The walls of the chamber are made from around 50 stone slabs - highly decorated with wonderful and intricate engravings representing axes, bows and spirals into the stone and with the huge ceiling slab weighing nearly 17 tonnes.

Ensure you take water, and note there is no seating around the Cairn and a slope up from the landing stage.

Très beau lieu mystérieux, la "chapelle Sixtine du néolithique".
De belles explications données et du temps pour visiter.
Très belle vue depuis le Cairn

Superbe site, merci à Louise pour ses explications passionnées.

À faire si vous pouvez, très intéressant. Il faut réserver en haute saison. Merci à l'équipage du Passeur des Îles et à Louise pour son professionnalisme.