Le Grand Écho du Nord 23 mars 1924


ECHOES FROM EVERYWHERE

LIKE THE CITY OF YS

We remember that at the end of last January, a tidal wave brought desolation to our sides, from Brittany to the moors of Gascony.

This phenomenon gave rise to a sensational archaeological discovery.

In Locmariaquer, in Morbihan, the retreat of the waves after the tidal wave made it possible to see out of the sand the remains of a Stone Age village, with its rubble huts, its tumuli, and numerous utensils flint.

This village was once centuries and centuries ago, swallowed up during a tidal wave even more terrible than that of January like the legendary town of Ys without doubt.

In Locmariaquer, the remains of a submerged village