Vetlanda, Sweden
1150
Enköping, Sweden
13th century
Grillby, Sweden
ca. 1227-1280
Sävsjö, Sweden
12th century
Vetlanda, Sweden
12th century
Enköping, Sweden
14th century
Ekolsund, Sweden
13-14th century
Borgholm, Sweden
ca. 1150
Falköping, Sweden
12th century
Falkenberg, Sweden
12th century
Kvicksund, Sweden
12th century
Grillby, Sweden
12th century
Svärdsjö, Sweden
14th century
Ystad, Sweden
ca. 1200
Vadstena, Sweden
ca. 1112
Ystad, Sweden
12th century
Ystad, Sweden
12th century
Ystad, Sweden
12th century
Tomelilla, Sweden
12th century
Ystad, Sweden
12th 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.