Dolmen de Ménez-Liaven, Dolmen in Pluguffan, Brittany, France

The dolmen de Ménez-Liaven is a Neolithic megalithic tomb located in the commune of Pluguffan, in Brittany, in the Finistère department. Three large upright stone pillars support a heavily tilted cover slab, forming a simple enclosed chamber.

The dolmen de Ménez-Liaven was built by Neolithic communities roughly 4000 to 6000 years ago. It was officially listed as a protected historical monument in 1922, which placed it under state protection.

The name Ménez-Liaven is Breton, and the dolmen stands in the Bois des Korrigans, the 'Wood of the Fairies', about 1.5 km northwest of Pluguffan. The Breton word korrigan refers to a fairy figure of local legend, so the wood's name links the monument to that folklore rather than to the stones themselves.

The area around the dolmen is fenced off, so visitors cannot touch the stones directly, but the chamber can be viewed from all sides without difficulty. Information panels nearby give context before you move on.

The cover slab of this dolmen is tilted at an unusually steep angle, which is less common among Breton megalithic structures and points to a specific building choice. Although the chamber was excavated at some point in the past, what was found inside remains largely undocumented.