Plouezoc'h · Finistère
Barnenez Cairn
French name: Cairn de Barnenez
1st Sunday, low seasonSpecial days onlyFree under 26
Free admission
- 1st Sunday, low seasonFree on the first Sunday of every month, from November to March
- Free under 26Free every day for under-26 EU residents
- Special days onlyFree during the European Heritage Days
Address
Cairn de Barnénez, 29252 Plouezoc'h
Neolithic cairn built around 4700 BC, one of the oldest monuments in Europe, 75 metres long and containing eleven passage graves built in two phases. Threatened by a quarry in 1955, it was saved through the intervention of archaeologist Pierre-Roland Giot.
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