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Monumental architecture in Atlantic Europe: fifth-millennium BC enclosure
The emergence of monumental architecture in Atlantic Europe: a fortified fifth-millennium BC enclosure in western France - Volume 97 Issue 391
Extensive excavation of Le Peu has revealed that this ditch/palisade arrangement on the western side of the enclosure is completed on the northern, eastern and southern slopes of the promontory by a double wooden palisade trench running along the edge of the marsh, surrounding an area of nearly 6ha ( Figure 4). Moreover, the location of these structures at the main entrances to the enclosure, their probable height (given the depth of the foundation trench and the massive size of the packing stones), and their association with the crab claws, all attest to an ostentatious function. A defensive function is apparent at many Late and Final Neolithic enclosures in the region, as evidenced by, for example, the narrowness of entrance passages, the use of chicanes, and the erection of banks alongside ditches (Ard Reference Ard2022).
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