Baden, Switzerland
10th century
Baden, Switzerland
12th century
Lenzburg, Switzerland
c. 1100
Aarau, Switzerland
c. 1200
Seengen, Switzerland
12th century
Wildegg, Switzerland
13th century
Habsburg, Switzerland
1020-1030
Thalheim, Switzerland
13th century
Aarburg, Switzerland
c. 1200
Oftringen, Switzerland
c. 1200
Böttstein, Switzerland
12th century
Biberstein, Switzerland
13th century
Beinwil (Freiamt), Switzerland
1700
Klingnau, Switzerland
1240
Veltheim, Switzerland
14th century
Brugg, Switzerland
10th century
Untersiggenthal, Switzerland
1240
Gränichen, Switzerland
13th century
Seengen, Switzerland
1625
Bellikon, Switzerland
13th century
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.