The Mother Who Built a Hill for Her Son

Local legends suggest a desperate mother wanted her son back from the sea. Was she guided by a mysterious old woman to stack stones? By dawn, a massive hill stood tall enough to see the horizon. Did the old woman vanish as a fairy?

The mound is a genuine Neolithic tumulus. It stands roughly 100 metres long and 10 metres high. In 1863, René Galles dug into the site and uncovered a burial chamber that had been discovered untouched. It functioned as a large megalithic chest, measuring 4 metres long and 3 metres wide, covered by two slabs and a third covering slab.

Galles discovered a jadeite ring with a jade axe point alongside jasper pendants and polished stone axes. Most of these fascinating items are now kept in the collections of the Société polymathique du Morbihan, at the museum of history and archaeology in Vannes.

You can still feel the weight of the past. The current entrance is a modern arrangement intended to allow access to the interior of the chest.

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