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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