La Hougue Bie
Nestled deep in Jersey’s past is La Hougue Bie, one of Europe’s finest Neolithic sites.
It was built by Jersey’s first farming community as a sacred shrine or burial chamber some 5,500 years ago. Enormous stones were dragged from various parts of the Island before being covered with rubble and earth to make a high mound. Nothing can adequately describe the experience of entering the chamber through the low tunnel covered by huge granite capstones.
On leaving the tomb visitors can climb to the top of the 40-foot mound to marvel at the view and at the ingenuity of the men who built the dolmen before the invention of the wheel.
Located in the eastern parish of Grouville, La Hougue Bie is also home to a small museum, a Neolithic House and encampment and a German Occupation command bunker which now houses a memorial to the memory of Channel Island slave workers.
BIRD WATCH 2012
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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.
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