Monoxyle canoe made of oak, with two longitudinal slits at the ends. Traces of tools are visible on the inner bottom, as well as traces of charring.
Dating by C14 : year 870 - 1025
The tool marks, as well as the very old slits, suggest that the construction was abandoned or used for a very short time. The shape, profile and shallow draught of the dugout are characteristic of boats made to navigate in marshes.
Christophe Devals, « Les pirogues monoxyles du Brivet (Loire-Atlantique) », Revue archéologique de l'Ouest [En ligne], 25 | 2008, mis en ligne le 20 décembre 2010,
URL : http://journals.openedition.org/rao/713 ; DOI : 10.4000/rao.713
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