Levoča, Slovakia
Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia
12th century
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
12th century
Bardejov, Slovakia
Vlkolínec, Slovakia
Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia
1285
Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia
14th century
Kežmarok, Slovakia
1593/1717
Hervartov, Slovakia
c. 1480
Hronsek, Slovakia
1725
Tvrdošín, Slovakia
15th century
Bodružal, Slovakia
1658
Ladomirová, Slovakia
1742
Leštiny, Slovakia
1688
Ruská Bystrá, Slovakia
1720-1730
Zehra, Slovakia
13th century
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.