Escorca, Spain
13th century
Yesa, Spain
842 AD
A Capela, Spain
10th century AD
Soria, Spain
12th century
Villaviciosa, Spain
1200-1226
Burgos, Spain
1442
Sobrado, Spain
952 AD
Nogueira de Ramuín, Spain
921 AD
Granada, Spain
16th century
Cuacos de Yuste, Spain
1402
Lerma, Spain
1604
Burgos, Spain
1187
Calera de León, Spain
13th century
Ayegui, Spain
10th century AD
Monforte de Lemos, Spain
10th century AD
Ávila, Spain
1482-1493
Poio, Spain
17th century
Granada, Spain
1506
San Cristovo de Cea, Spain
1137-1141
Celanova, Spain
936 AD
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.