V-shaped passage graves are a type of megalithic chamber tomb found in parts of Atlantic Europe including Ireland, the Channel Islands and Brittany. They date to between 3500 and 2500BC.
They are similar to Wedge-shaped gallery graves in that in plan they have a narrow entrance that widens out inside into a burial chamber. The entrance passage and the burial chamber are distinguished by sill stones however meaning that they are part of the passage grave tradition.
In some cases a small sub chamber leads off from the main chamber.
Examples include "La Varde" and Le Creux es Faies on Guernsey and "Le Ruen" and "Ty-ar-Boudiquet" in Brtittany.[1][better source needed]
References
- ^ "Le Ruen V-shaped passage grave". themodernantiquarian.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
Further reading
- Daniel, Glyn E. (2013) [1950]. The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107697621.
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