Megalithic Portal: Latest from Guernsey, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

Robert's Cross

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:44:24 GMT

]]>Discovered very close by to here - the first Neolithic menhir known on Herm. Excavated by Chris Scarre and team. Burial Chamber excavated as part of the University of Durham's "Island of the dead?" project - The buried Neolithic landscape of Herm.

Jethou Stone

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:45:54 GMT

. Standing Stone (Menhir) in Guernsey

L�Er�e habitation site

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:28:15 GMT

]]>Photographs from the 2011 dig are now online. Since the 1970s, seasonal storms have gradually been revealing a Neolithic habitation site on the west coast of Guernsey at L�Er�e. Each year, quantities of pottery and flint, along with settlement features such as hearths, are eroded out of the low cliff face onto the beach below. Previous archaeological work on the site has revealed substantial Neolithic/Early Bronze Age evidence, and Early-Middle Neolithic radiocarbon dates from apparently settlement-related features.

Delancey

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:30:22 GMT

]]>Update on 'spectacular' discovery of a gallery grave in Delancey Park. Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Guernsey. A collapsed tomb in a quiet corner of the park up the hill from some tennis courts. Length 10m

The Common (Herm)

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:27:20 GMT

]]>Excavations on Herm find prehistoric house, see comment. Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Guernsey. Cheryl Lee Latter from the Guernsey Press writes: Archaeologists have recently been on Herm for a two-week dig on the Common. Led by Chris Scarre, the team included students from Durham University, a French PhD student and volunteers from La Societe Guernesiaise.

L'Islet

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:49:42 GMT

]]>Site could be fenced off, see comment.. A small unprepossessing dolmen in Guernsey.

Petit Monceau

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:02:20 GMT

. Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Guernsey

Grand Monceau

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:02:10 GMT

]]>. Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Guernsey

Le Trepied

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:19:34 GMT

]]>Megalithic Stamps, do you know of any others?. Passage Grave in Guernsey. A Chambered Tomb situated beside the road close to Le Catioroc at Perelle Bay. There is parking close by and the site is signposted and easily accessible up a slight slope.

Sark Ancient Settlement

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:22:01 GMT

. Artefacts up to 3,000 years old have been unearthed during an archaeological dig in Sark, the Channel Island near Guernsey. Bronze and Iron Age settlements have been found by a team led by Sir Barry Cunliffe of Oxford Institute of Archaeology in his second dig on Sark.