The quarried and manufactured masonry substances architecture is built from and finished with: limestone, marble, granite, sandstone, slate, travertine, precisely dressed ashlar, fired clay brick and glazed architectural terracotta. Belongs here: any named stone or fired masonry material considered for its own composition, working properties and characteristic architectural use. Does not belong here: the structural forms such materials are shaped into, such as the arch, vault or column, which is Elements and Materials' subject, or a specific building constructed from the material, which is Buildings and Structures' subject.
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It dates to the early Neolithic, around 4000 BC. Along with the Tumulus of Bougon and Locmariaquer megaliths, also located in Great West France, it is one of the earliest megalithic monuments in Europe and one of the oldest man-made structures in the world.
Wikipedia: Barnenez, Lead section
The Cairn of Barnenez (also: Barnenez Tumulus, Barnenez Mound; in Breton Karn Barnenez; in French: Cairn de Barnenez or Tumulus de Barnenez) is a Neolithic monument located near Plouezoc'h, on the Kernéléhen peninsula in northern Finistère, Brittany, France.
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