Passa, France
1116
Juaye-Mondaye, France
1200
Mont-Saint-Éloi, France
600-700 AD
Arboussols, France
1129
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, France
11th century
Le Havre, France
11th century
Saint-Sever, France
10th century AD
Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France
14th century
Lisors, France
1134
Saint-Sever, France
1280
Jouarre, France
630 AD
Verdun, France
17th century
Bonnemazon, France
1142
Lessay, France
11th century
Neuville-sous-Montreuil, France
1324
Saint-Mihiel, France
708-709 AD
Saint-Gelven, France
12th century
Mortain, France
1112
Saint-Savin, France
10th century
Saint-Privat, France
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.