Sépulture mégalithique de Bod-er-Mohed, mégalithe à Cléguérec (Morbihan)
The sépulture mégalithique de Bod-er-Mohed is a gallery grave at Cléguérec, oriented north-northwest to south-southeast. It was originally 27 metres long with eleven orthostats on the east side, six on the west and a chevet slab closing the south end; only a 15-metre segment survives, with fragmented covering slabs. Its six compartments are sealed off from one another by transverse slabs. The stones are dark blue schist, whitish sandstone and white vein quartz, brought from the heights of Quénécan to the west.
The monument was excavated around 1899–1900 by Aveneau de la Grancière, whose plan recorded eleven orthostats on the east side and six on the west, with a chevet slab closing the south end. It was inscribed as a monument historique by decree of 8 February 1984. The 1900 dig yielded flint knives and scrapers, two hammerstones, two fragments of polished diorite axes, a terracotta mortar and pottery sherds, including two round-bottomed, footless vases with reddish paste.
Locals also call the monument Campren-en-Torrigent, "chamber of the korrigans", after the small figures of Breton legend. The name attaches to the six stone compartments, which the 1900 excavation found sealed off from one another, each closed by a transverse slab.
The monument stands in a grassy field at Cléguérec, in the Morbihan; the surviving segment is reached on foot over grass, with no marked path or facilities. Only one of the original six compartments remains, so allow a short stop rather than a long visit. The stones are low and partly overgrown, easiest to make out in low, raking light.
The 1900 excavation by Aveneau de la Grancière found flint knives and scrapers, two hammerstones, two polished diorite axe fragments, a terracotta mortar and potsherds, including two round-bottomed, footless vessels with reddish clay. The stones are dark blue schist and whitish sandstone from Quénécan, to the west, not local Brioverian ground.
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