L'église carolingienne de Saint Melaine de Rennes

The church of Saint-Melaine has undergone a huge restoration of its transept in 2013 and a radar survey in 2017. The study of the transept indicates several phases of construction specified by the radiocarbon dates: the crossing should be prior to the IXth c., the arms go back to the IXth c., being modified at the beginning of the XIth and XIIIth centuries. The radar survey in the choir of the church has highlighted the presence of a cavity, which may correspond to a small crypt or a funeral arrangement. These data open several lines of research on the original configuration of the building and its evolution, as well as its contextualization in the religious architecture of Brittany and Gaul between the VIIIth and IXth c.