Echternach, Luxembourg
0-200 AD
Mamer, Luxembourg
0-200 AD
Dalheim, Luxembourg
100-200 AD
Rodange, Luxembourg
0-100 BC
Steinsel, Luxembourg
0-300 AD
Koerich, Luxembourg
0-100 AD
Walferdange, Luxembourg
150 AD
Mersch, Luxembourg
0-100 AD
Lellig, Luxembourg
0-200 AD
Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
100-200 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.