Saint-Malo, France
1424
Fougères, France
c. 1167
Plévenon, France
1340
Josselin, France
11th century
Vitré, France
c. 1090
Brest, France
200 AD
Sarzeau, France
14th century
Ploëzal, France
15th century
Dinan, France
1382-1383
Guingamp, France
14th century
Concarneau, France
19th century
Saint-Vougay, France
1670
Saint-Goazec, France
1893
Plédéliac, France
c. 1220
Pont-l'Abbé, France
1385
Quintin, France
1643
Combourg, France
1025
Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer, France
13th century
Landunvez, France
10th century
Pontivy, France
1485
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.