Allée couverte de Kermaout

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The covered driveway of Kermaout is a covered driveway located in the commune of Bannalec in the Finistère department in France.

History: The building was first mentioned in 1877, it is already partly ruined. It has been classified as a historical monument since November 4, 1975.

Description: It's a covered driveway embedded in a slope. It is oriented northwest/southeast. It consists mainly of micaschist slabs. It stretches 8 m in length. It consists of a cover table (2.50 m by 1 m for a thickness of 0.20 to 0.40 m) and six pillars. The height under slab does not exceed 0.85 m. A block of quartz near the eastern entrance of the monument does not seem to make departure from the whole.

Folklore: A local tradition says frequented by elves, the field where the building is located is named Park-Korrigan (the Korrigans plot).

Bibliography: Georges Guénin, "Pierres à legends de la Bretagne. [Front title: G. Guenin. The Prehistoric Folklore of Brittany, preceded by a bibliography by P. Saint-Yves.]", in Corpus of Prehistoric Folklore...