page_title: Gavrinis
section_title: History of research
hierarchical_section_title: Gavrinis / The Gavrinis passage tomb / History of research
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: L'entrée du cairn de Gavrinis, sur l'île de Gavrinis dans le golfe du Morbihan (Bretagne, France) English: The entrance of the Gavrinis cairn, on Gavrinis Island in the Gulf of Morbihan (Brittany, France).
context_page_description: Gavrinis is a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, France. It contains the Gavrinis tomb, a megalithic monument notable for its abundance of megalithic art in the European Neolithic. Administratively, it is part of the commune of Larmor-Baden.
context_section_description: The first excavations took place in 1835, when the internal chamber was discovered. Further research was undertaken by the archaeologist Zacharie Le Rouzic who began restoration work around 1930. Further works took place in the 1960s and 1970s. Charles-Tanguy Leroux, former director of Breton Antiquities, undertook studies and consolidation works in the 1980s. Further excavation is in the planning stages.
caption: The entrance to the Gavrinis passage grave
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