The Saint-Michel tumulus is a megalithic grave mound, located east of Carnac in Brittany, France.^[1] It is the largest grave mound in continental Europe.

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Tumulus of St. Michel

Location	Carnac, France
Region	Brittany
Coordinates	47.5879°N 3.0735°W / 47.5879; -3.0735
Type	Tumulus
Length	125 metres (410 ft)
Width	60 metres (200 ft)
Height	10 metres (33 ft)

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The tumulus was built during the fifth millennium BC. It consists of a mound of earth and stones 125 metres (410 ft) long, 50 metres (160 ft) wide and 10 metres (33 ft) high.^[1] Explored in 1862, researchers found there a central vault containing fairly prestigious funerary furniture: axes, pearls, flint tools and sillimanite.

It has been classified as a "Monument historique" (National heritage site) since 1889.

Around 1900, the archaeologist Zacharie Le Rouzic [fr] again excavated the Saint-Michel tumulus and discovered a second dolmen and fifteen small stone chests, thus revealing the complexity of this monument.

• Saint-Michel tumulus plan by Zacharie Le Rouzic [fr]
• Excavation entrance to the tumulus
• Finds from the Saint-Michel tumulus
• Jade axes from the tumulus
• Callais necklace from the tumulus
• Broken stone axes from the tumulus