uvertes,
a kind of triple dolmen, covered over with a mound. The central grotto and
gallery had been opened before. The second dolmen had also a grotto or
allee couverte, in which was found an earthen pot, containing ashes and
three gold necklaces. In the third were some fragments of pottery. Three
gold necklaces, composed each of a single plate of metal, an inch and a
half wide, with fragments of the earthen vessels in which they were found,
together with stone celts and some pieces of bronze, extracted from the
dolmen, we afterwards saw exhibited in the "Musee du Travail" of the
Universal Exhibition of 1867. These dolmens belong to a much later period
of civilisation than those of Locmariaker--to the "Bronze" Age.

[Illustration: 40. Dolmen of Corcorro.]

The number of dolmens in the Morbihan is estimated at 250. In the
department of Finistere they are set at double the number. All are
supposed to have been originally covered with earth. The bodies are more
frequently buried than burnt. The dolmens contain implements of stone and
bone, occasionally gold and bronze, but never iron. To judge from the
comparative quantities found in the different departments, it may be
assumed that they are the work of people who have entered France from the
west, and have gradually worked their way by the rivers and valleys
further up the country. In this secluded spot we found a large English
family located, ten in number; they had been living there several months.
Before reaching Erdeven, at Kerserho, on a large lande or heathy plain, we
arrived at another series of the great Carnac army of stones, of which
they are a continuation. They are arranged in nine parallel rows, as may
be clearly distinguished by standing upon one of the stones; but the lines
are rather interrupted by hedges and ditches. Some are menhirs planted
vertically on the end, others enormous blocks simply laid upon the soil.
They extend half a league from north to south, more numerous than Carnac,
but generally not so tall, the highest from ten to twelve feet, but very
large. The road is strewed with Druidic monuments. At Corcorro, between
Plouharnel and Erdeven, on a farm, a short distance off the road, is a
dolmen, the largest in the Morbihan. Its original length appears to have
been 45 feet; the part preserved is 24 feet by 12 feet wide, and is
covered with two slabs: one of these is enormous, about six feet wide. It
is used as a cart-shed, and, when we saw it, c