Dubrovnik, Croatia
1317
Dubrovnik, Croatia
14th century
Zadar, Croatia
1221
Pula, Croatia
1314
Dubrovnik, Croatia
11th century
Hvar, Croatia
15th century
Punat, Croatia
1480
Drniš, Croatia
14th century
Bol, Croatia
1475
Varaždin, Croatia
1701
Slavonski Brod, Croatia
18th century
Orebić, Croatia
16th century
Kloštar Ivanić, Croatia
1508
Vrbovsko, Croatia
c. 1600
Obrovac, Croatia
1317
Kistanje, Croatia
14th century
Kutjevo, Croatia
1232
Orahovica, Croatia
15th century
Sokolovac, Croatia
1550
Jastrebarsko, Croatia
1704
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.