In the heart of Brittany, France, tucked away from the pensées du public, there stands the Boutouiller's Hidden Tomb, a 6,000-year-old archaeological site, also known as Kérangouez or Kérivin. Shrouded in the woods, this megalith is the only one of its sort in the region with an actual entrance to its chamber – fancy that! The chamber, slightly lopsided, is delimited by four stones on the north-west and south-east, one on the north, and three on the south.
The entrance, a cheap crack in the facade, opens towards the southeast and at a devious angle into the chamber. The Boutouiller's Hidden Tomb is in the shape of a T, built over 6,000 years ago and believed to have been used for funerals. It gained classification as a historic monument on the 15th of March, 1909. The remnants of the tumulus and some stones are still visible all around it. But the question remains, what webs of antiquity are hidden underneath the two giant slabs of stone covering the chamber? asks the tomb with a smirk.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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