Berlin, Germany
1925-1933
Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Germany
18th century
Trechtingshausen, Germany
1100
Brühl, Germany
1729-1737
Bingen am Rhein, Germany
13th century
Bad Wilhelmshöhe, Germany
1689
Weimar, Germany
1724-1748
Weimar, Germany
1823-1828
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
1900-1904
Weimar, Germany
1778-1828
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
c. 1371
Niederheimbach, Germany
13th century
Kaub, Germany
1220
Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany
11th century
Eisleben, Germany
1546
Bingen am Rhein, Germany
968 AD / 1855
Wannsee, Germany
1682
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Alfeld (Leine), Germany
1910
Weimar, Germany
1923
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.