Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Good Neolithic Sites in Jersey

I've been out and about walking, taking advantage of the hot weather to get to some of the Neolithic (stone age) sites in Jersey. If you have never done so, or only been to Hougue Bie, you are missing some of the strangest stone legacies this Island has.

http://www.prehistoricjersey.net

This is the best site ever on Jersey! It contains Perry's Map references if you have a Perry's Guide Maps, which is very useful. All sorts of information. And some old archive photos recently added from original past digs. And a timeline. And lots of pix! Brilliant!

Do note that it contains:

a) suspected sites that may not be genuine - under the section "stones"
b) some destroyed sites where it is known they existed
c) some sites on private property

The main ones listed, and my notes are below:

La Hougue Boëte - private property

La Hougue des Géonnais - off beaten track a bit, not all left as some taken for building

La Hougue des Grosnez - destroyed

La Hougue des Platons - at Hougue Bie

La Hougue de Vinde - difficult to find - even a local history historian

La Pouquelaye de Faldouet - near Ransoms Garden Centre

La Sergenté - by La Pulente, may be difficult to find, off beaten track a bit, very unusual beehive design.

Le Couperon - stones reassembled, may not be quite right

Le Mont de la Ville - taken to England by General Conway (thief!)

Le Mont Ubé - by Samares Manor

Les Mont de Grantez - off beaten track a bit, visited Midsummer Eve for solar alignments

The Beauport Dolmen - private property, only fragments

Ville-ès-Nouaux - inner road, by St Andrews Church

La Dame Blanche - private field, can see at distance

The Broken Menhir - Sand dunes, St Ouen, easy

The Great Menhir - can be tricky if overgrown, can see in distance, sand dunes

The Little Menhir- Sand dunes, St Ouen, easy

The White Menhir - on a golf course - be careful!

The Ossuary- Sand dunes, St Ouen, easy

Les Trois Roches - can get to if field empty of cows, which were there yesterday, alas!

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