Tombeau de Merlin

The Tombeau de Merlin is a megalithic monument dating from the Neolithic period located in the Forest of Paimpont, at a place called La Marette near the hamlet of Landelles in Paimpont [1]. A tradition dating from the 12th century has it that Merlin had a tomb in the legendary forest of Brocéliande, Félix Bellamy defining its location in the forest in 1889 [1]. According to Félix Bellamy, there were originally two gallery graves; of these one, already in ruins, called the Tombeau de Merlin was the subject of a detailed description in the 1920s [1]. It was 10.5 metres long and about 1.5 metres wide [1]. The room was delimited by four orthostats on one side, only one on the other and a sixth slab acted as an apse [1]. The height of these supports varied from 0.9 metres to 1.5 metres [1]. The covering slabs had all collapsed [1].