Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12th century
Cardiff, United Kingdom
11th century
Caernarfon, United Kingdom
1283
Stirling, United Kingdom
12th century
Conwy, United Kingdom
1283-1287
Conwy, United Kingdom
1283-1287
Marazion, United Kingdom
12th century
Linlithgow, United Kingdom
1302
Caerphilly, United Kingdom
1268
St Davids, United Kingdom
13th century
Harlech, United Kingdom
1282-1289
Beaumaris, United Kingdom
1295
Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
12th century
Highland, United Kingdom
13th century
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
1277
Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1250
Tintagel, United Kingdom
1233
Yarmouth, United Kingdom
1547
Raglan, United Kingdom
1432
St Andrews, United Kingdom
1400
La Hougue Bie is a Neolithic ritual site which was in use around 3500 BC. Hougue is a Jèrriais/Norman language word meaning a \'mound\' and comes from the Old Norse word haugr. The site consists of 18.6m long passage chamber covered by a 12.2m high mound. The site was first excavated in 1925 by the Société Jersiaise. Fragments of twenty vase supports were found along with the scattered remains of at least eight individuals. Gravegoods, mostly pottery, were also present. At some time in the past, the site had evidently been entered and ransacked.
In Western Europe, it is one of the largest and best preserved passage graves and the most impressive and best preserved monument of Armorican Passage Grave group. Although they are termed \'passage graves\', they were ceremonial sites, whose function was more similar to churches or cathedrals, where burials were incidental.