Discover the history of Morbihan by discovering the many castles and megalithic sites located near Le Goh Velin campsite. Take advantage of this unique Breton heritage with visits and walks close to Le Goh Velin campsite.
Discover the history of Morbihan by discovering the many castles and megalithic sites located near Le Goh Velin campsite. Take advantage of this unique Breton heritage with visits and walks close to Le Goh Velin campsite.
Initially built in 1218 for Pierre le Dreux, Duke of Brittany, construction of the hunting manor was continued by his son, Jean 1er le Roux, who had a large part of the Rhuys forest fenced off, and the manor subsequently became a hunting park.
In 1975, during archaeological excavations near the moat, the remarkable pavement of the priory chapel, burnt down in 1370, was discovered. Following restoration, it is now on display on the 3rd floor of the château’s east wing.
Jean I’s Suscinio estate covered almost 2600 ha and was managed as a forest: hunting, fishing, timber and firewood. After the ducal period, Suscinio lost most of its forest and gradually gradually became the center of a vast agricultural estate including parks, ponds, vineyards and orchards, mills and saltworks.
Inspired by the Petit Trianon, Château de Kerlevenan was built at the end of the 18th century by the architect Johanes. Today, it is listed historic monument. A Chinese Pavilion surrounded by water was designed for music, and its 30-hectare park is home to an ancient “Temple of Love”, now transformed into a family chapel.
Morbihan has inherited an extensive and ancient megalithic heritage, perhaps the oldest in the world. Menhirs, dolmens, cairns and tumuli adorn the lands of Southern Brittany.
At the tip of the Presqu’île de Rhuys, the Petit Mont site overlooks the Gulf of Morbihan and the ocean at a height of over 35 metres.
This site is said to have 3 adjoining cairns, the second of which has a corridor and a burial chamber closed off by a third cairn which covers the whole and reveals two new corridor tombs. A bunker built by the Germans during the Second World War severely damaged the entire structure. Nevertheless, there are some Neolithic engravings.
Le Cairn du petit Mont offers workshops (excavation, engraving, pottery, etc.) every day during school vacations.
Prices: €6 for adults, €5 for children aged 10 to 17.
This Cairn, built on Gavrinis Island opposite Larmor Baden, is a 70-ton slab covering a burial chamber. A single white quartz pillar stands halfway along the access corridor. The floor is paved, and the walls and 23 pillars are engraved with escutcheons and serpentine lines.
The Grah Niol Dolmen is a burial site dating from around 4000 BC, featuring a corridor with a burial chamber and a side chamber.
On Île aux moines, a megalithic enclosure in the shape of a circular arc measuring approx. 65 m at its longest point. At one end, a menhir, larger than the others, is called “Le Moine” (The Monk) because it gives the illusion of a hooded figure with some engravings on its back. The ensemble comprises 34 monoliths. It is undoubtedly related to a giant menhir some thirty metres away, now invisible as it is buried beneath buildings.
Site composed of three monuments the Grand menhir brisé, the Table des Marchands cairn and the Er Grah tumulus.
A row of giant orthogneiss menhirs, weighing up to 300 tonnes, were transported over a distance of some ten km, partly by water. This monument is thought to have been destroyed by an earthquake; the blocks were reused in several monuments, including the Cairn de Gavrinis and the Table des marchands.
On Île aux Moines, the megalithic tomb of Penhap is set in a long mound measuring 80 m by 40 m. The burial chamber has a south-east entrance and a number of engravings. The burial chamber has a south-east entrance and a number of engravings. This dolmen dates back 5500 to 6000 years.
During your stay at Camping Le Goh Velin, don’t hesitate to discover the various historic sites mentioned above, just a few kilometers away.