Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier

Why it mattersKey megalithic for Brittany, Morbihan, illustrating Atlantic Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.

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Built

c. 3800 BCE

Period

Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE)

Culture

Atlantic Neolithic

Purpose

Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 3800 BCE

   Initial construction of Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier main structure

2. c. 1253 BCE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier

3. 19th–20th century

   Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection

• Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier — Main Megalithic Feature

  chamber

  Primary chamber at Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits

  47.5845° N · 2.9670° W

• Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure

  cairn

  Ancillary cairn at Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits

  47.5853° N · 2.9667° W

• Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  plaza

  Outlier plaza panel linked to Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape

  47.5882° N · 2.9688° W

• Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex

  reservoir

  Hydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Table des Marchands Extension East — Eastern Outlier with plastered basin

  47.5872° N · 2.9666° W