Chiemsee, Germany
7th century AD
Lorsch, Germany
764 AD
Comburg, Germany
1070s
Ebrach, Germany
1126-1127
Sankt Blasien, Germany
11th/18th century
Münsterschwarzach, Germany
788 AD
Zwiefalten, Germany
1089
Hirsau, Germany
830 AD
Mönchengladbach, Germany
974 AD
Greifswald, Germany
1199-1204
Neresheim, Germany
1095
Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
752 AD
Selm, Germany
1122
Heidelberg, Germany
1023
Streithausen, Germany
1222
Prüm, Germany
721 AD
Bergen auf Rügen, Germany
1193
Burtscheid, Germany
997 AD
Weingarten, Germany
1056
Passau, Germany
1624
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.