🏛️ Merdrignac-Rennes
Roman archaeological site in Brittany, France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, northwestern France
- Period: Roman occupation, 1st–4th centuries CE
- Significance: Settlement and industrial site from the Roman period in Armorica
- Access: Open to archaeological research; public access varies by season and ongoing excavations
Merdrignac-Rennes is a Roman archaeological site situated in the Breton countryside near the modern city of Rennes. The site contains stratified remains of Roman settlement and industry dating to the early Imperial period through late antiquity. Excavations have revealed domestic structures, craft workshops, and evidence of trade networks connecting this rural outpost to broader Roman commercial systems in northwestern Gaul ...