St. Gallen, Switzerland
747 AD
Stein am Rhein, Switzerland
1007
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
1606
Appenzell, Switzerland
1420
Romainmôtier-Envy, Switzerland
450 AD
Interlaken, Switzerland
12th century
Einsiedeln, Switzerland
10th century AD
Payerne, Switzerland
950-960 AD
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
1049
Zug, Switzerland
1595
Val Müstair, Switzerland
c. 775 AD
Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland
1090-1097
Rheinau, Switzerland
778 AD
Disentis-Mustér, Switzerland
8th century AD
Warth, Switzerland
1150
Windisch, Switzerland
1308
Schwyz, Switzerland
1275
Stans, Switzerland
1583
Fischingen, Switzerland
1138
Weesen, Switzerland
1256
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.