Brian Lavelle has movedSep 1, 2023

La Maison des Feins—or Maison des Fées—nestled in the forêt du Mesnil outside the town of Tressé in the département of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. It's an allée couverte or passage grave, and remarkably well preserved. Later legend says it was (or is…) a house of the fairies, which makes it a rather eerie place to be.

I probably shouldn’t mention the woman walking two weasels in the woods…

#AlléeCouverte #PassageGrave #Neolithic #Prehistoric #Archaeology #MegalithicBrittany #StandingStones

cagedbeatnikDec 27, 2022
Monuments in the Making . . runs with evidence showing lack of encasing mound over and on dolmens . . suggesting instead surrounds of stone spread & low cairns . . pointing towards stand alone architectural orthostats & capstone . . recommend read from me . . #MonumentsInTheMaking #neolithic #TombTuesdays #Dolmen #standingstone #megalithic #megalithictomb #ChamberedTomb #PassageGrave
Stone PagesDec 18, 2022
Newgrange winter solstice https://www.newgrange.com/winter_solstice.htm #neolithic #PassageGrave https://youtu.be/NTzPxx3SJ1Y
Newgrange Winter Solstice - Sunrise Alignment

At Newgrange on mornings around the winter solstice a beam of light penetrates the roof-box and travels up the 19m (62ft) passage and into the chamber

cagedbeatnikDec 4, 2022
morning . . this is more of a #StandingStoneSunday help question . . Does anyone know of any good source information on the handling / manipulation of capstones (i.e. pulling horizontally v vertical levering up in position) ? I have searched the web and can find surprisingly little info . . maybe I looking in wrong areas . . any pointers in the right direction be greatly appreciated . . #Neolithic #Stones #Dolmen #MegalithicTomb #StandingStones #PassageGrave #Henge #Cursus #Megalith