La Hougue des Geonnais

Jersey, United Kingdom

La Hougue des Geonnais is a passage chamber from the Neolithic age. It is today largely ruined by quarrying prior to the initial excavation in 1929. There is no capstone anymore. At that time the chamber was found to have a paving of pebbles and a large quantity of pottery fragments were disguarded in the spoil heaps. Excavation between 1985 & 1990 revealed a chamber that was probably constructed in two phases. A D shaped chamber being built first and then later extended to its current form. In 1990 some of the main chamber's missing uprights were replaced by dated, modern grantite blocks. A vast number of finds included pottery, flint scrapers, arrowheads and broken querns.

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Prehistoric Jersey

Prehistoric and archaeological sites in United Kingdom

Address

Rue des Geonnais, Jersey, United Kingdom

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Founded: 4000 - 3250 BC
Category: Prehistoric and archaeological sites in United Kingdom

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www.prehistoricjersey.net

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3.8/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

mat spencer (43 days ago)

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Duncan Cumming (2 years ago)
Tricky to find. If coming from the coastal path, keep heading south along the trails. When you hit the tarmac road and there's a house on the right, turn left along a country path. That winds round into the dolmen.

Jerry Karlin (4 years ago)

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