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The archaeological farm of Melrand to be discovered during your stay in our rural lodging in southern Brittany in
Morbihan.
The archaeological farm of Melrand (56)
The village of Lann Gouh (Old moor into Breton) is built at the top of a hill like much of villages of this time. The village was
enclosed, protected by a slope.
The houses and dependences, released during the excavations surround a central place, place of life and
village community.
Work of clearing in 1986 revealed the presence
of many other vestiges... Today, some constructions from 40 to 50 m² were reconstituted.
Houses of the peasants in the Middle Ages
In this house, the ground is inclined. Of dimensioned, the men and
the women were, in the high part. Other side were, in the low part, the animals. This unit formed only one part.
 The hearth...
In the center of this part, the hearth was. Smoke was evacuated by the doors. The house was very smoked out. Fire was used to
cook food and to heat the house. In a corner of the part, a bed made with straw and ferns was. There was no window and it was very dark...
MELRAND village of the Year Millet presents various aspects of the rural life
in Center Brittany 1000 years ago Through the vestiges of a village, reconstitutions of buildings,
an experimental garden and rustic animals of races, it is everyone medieval of the campaigns
which is evoked in an alive and scientific way at the same time.
Since this summer, all the village of Lann Gouh lives per hour of the year millet. The garden
offers a whole sampling of its tinctorial, medicinal and culinary cultures, pointing out the way of life of our distances ancestors.
Mr. Clainche, archaeologist, who has in load the maintenance and the organization of this visit
on this archeological site, proposes a return to the sources at the time of this meeting, living formerly in autarky in this village.
The archaeological excavations make it possible to discover the infrastructures of the village
given up by its inhabitants according to found vestiges'.
The rebuilding of houses, cattle sheds, the sheep-fold, the hen house and the baker's oven,
according to the excavations carried out, allows to the visitors a spectacular dive in our inheritance.
A return to the sources appreciated.
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