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Brief descriptions of the Dolmens of Jersey
Les Monts Grantez (4000 BC) - a passage grave with asymmetrical chamberand external side chamber, originally covered by a mound, excavated 1912.
Le Pinacle - an important multi-period site comprising a Neolithic axe-production centre (4800 BC), a Chalcolithic open-air ceremonial site (2850BC) and a Gallo-Roman temple (AD 200), excavated in the 1930s.
Dolmen de Géonnais (4000 BC) - a passage grave with an unusualrectangular chamber, almost certainly open, excavated 1929 and 1985-90.
Le Couperon (2850 BC) - a gallery grave with rectangular enclosure ofupright stones and an interesting porthole slab, excavated 1868.
La Pouquelaye de Faldouet (4000 BC) - a passage grave with an unusualdouble chamber, the main chamber is open and surrounded by cists, thesecond is covered by a single massive capstone, excavated 1839 and 1868.
La Hougue Bie (4000 BC) - one of the finest passage graves in Europe,cruciform in plan and covered by a 12m high mound, excavated 1924, thereis an archaeology museum on the site.
La Motte - a peninsula until the 17th century, excavations revealed a cairnof unknown date, Neolithic midden material (4000 BC) and a series of 18cist (box) burials possibly Bronze Age (2000 BC), excavated 1911-14.
Mont Ubé (4000 BC) - a passage grave originally with four internal cells,badly destroyed by quarrying, excavated 1848.
Ville-és-Nouaux - a remarkable complex with a gallery grave (2850 BC), acist-in-circle (2250 BC) and evidence of Late Bronze Age urn burials (800BC), excavated 1869 and 1883.
La Table des Marthes - original form unknown, a massive granite capstonecovers a chamber (now infilled), excavated 1850.
La Sergenté (4500 BC) - the only corbelled passage grave known from theChannel Islands and possibly the earliest dolmen in the Island, excavated 1923.
The Ossuary (2850 BC) - a rectangular megalithic cist which contained thedisarticulated remains of 20 individuals. The Broken, Little and Greatmenhirs are clearly associated with the Ossuary, excavated 1920s.
For further information visit:www.jerseyheritage.org, www.prehistoricjersey.net & www.megalithics.com
WHERE TO FIND THE
Dolmens of Jersey
YOUR HISTORY STARTS HERE:
www.jerseyheritage.org
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