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]]>. Group of 18 cists, excavated from 1911 to 1914. Finds were dated from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. The island is connected to the Jersey mainland at low tide. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:50:40 GMT 33893 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=33892

]]>. Cave in Jersey Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:54:53 GMT 33892 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=33798 . Originally a low mound with a diameter of 5m surrounded on two sides by a platform. Excavated between 1987 and 1988 when two stone lined cists and pottery fragments were found. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:24:19 GMT 33798 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7849

]]>. Le Pinacle is a huge natural outcrop of red granite under which runs a 300mm seam of Dolerite. In front you can just make out two Bronze Age parallel walls and a Romano Celtic temple incorporated in a Neolithic enclosure. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:27:44 GMT 7849 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=29992

]]>Sophisticated flint tools and other finds from recent dig show how the Neanderthals have been underestimated. La Cotte de St Brelade is a Paleolithic site of early habitation in St Brelade, Jersey. Cotte means "cave" in Jèrriais. Neanderthal man once lived here around 250,000 years ago - the earliest record we have of the occupation of the Channel Islands by a human ancestor. Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:53:36 GMT 29992 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14829

]]>Neanderthal finds made at a location close to here in St Brelade. . Passage Grave in Jersey. La Sergente dates from approx 4500 BC and is the only corbelled passage grave known from the Channel Islands, and possibly the earliest dolmen in the Island. The main chamber is about 12 feet across, it was excavated in 1923. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:28:22 GMT 14829 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7848

]]>The Jersey Children's Home skull fragment, the police and the facts that changed. Richard Webster discusses the the likelihood that the widely reported child's skull fragment from the Jersey Care Home investigation is old, and may even be Neolithic. See comment on this page.. Reconstructed in the late 19th century this has a 5m long, slightly bowed, passage of 17 stones leading to a roughly circular chamber surrounded by 4 chambers (possibly 8 originally). Beyond that is a further horseshoe shaped chamber of 7 uprights covered by a huge capstone estimated to weigh 23 tons. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:07:20 GMT 7848 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10561

]]>Several pictures newly in of some Channel Island sites. . Grid reference 70345416A partially restored gallery grave whose long mound has vanished. An outer ring of 18 stones survive and is now flush to the eastern end of the chamber. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:20:07 GMT 10561 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14832 . Standing Stone (Menhir) in Jersey Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:50:07 GMT 14832 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14831 . Chambered Tomb in Jersey Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:47:18 GMT 14831