Le Mont de la Ville

The Neolithic Passage Tomb of Le Mont de la Ville (also: La Montagne de la Ville, Le Mont de St Helier, La Montagne de St Helier , called the Town Hill ) was built in 1788 from Mont de la Ville, in St. Helier on the Channel Islands Jersey , relocated to Wargrave south of Henley-on-Thames in the South Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire on the Thames in England .

description

The unique megalithic complex consists of a covered corridor that leads into a stone circle. A few niches are arranged at intervals on its perimeter, which are located under cover stones, which were designed similar to tripod dolmen . This niche arrangement occurs in a different shape in the rectangular Stalled Cairns and in a round shape (with only three niches) otherwise only in the Fourknocks I complex in Ireland . Neolithic monuments are an expression of the ideology of Neolithic societies. Their development and function depend on social development.

The megalithic complex was given away by the community of "Vingtaine de la Ville" to the governor of Jersey, Marshall Conway. He was reluctant to accept this unusual gift, especially when he learned that he would have to pay the cost of moving the megaliths. Horace Walpole (1717–1797) wrote to him: “Please do not disappoint me, but move the cathedral from your island to your domain on our continent.” In 1788 the stones were stowed in a barge and reached Conway's house on the Thames outside of Henley. Walpole took great interest in the facility and said the memorial was properly reconstructed, but that is doubtful. It stands on a hill overlooking the Thames and bears a simple inscription.

location

Original location: 49 ° 10 ′ 54 ″ N , 2 ° 6 ′ 20 ″ W49.181666666667 -2.1055555555556
Current location: 51 ° 31 ′ 34 ″ N , 0 ° 52 ′ 39 ″ W51.526111111111 -0.8775

literature

Heather Sebire: The Archeology and Early History of the Channel Islands . 2005; ISBN 0-7524-3449-7 .
Mark Patton: Megalithic transport and territorial markers: evidence from the Channel Islands . In: Antiquity 66 (251), 1992.

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Individual evidence

^ Glyn Daniel in "Megaliths in History" (pp. 45-46): "We must mention here the megalithic monument at Park Place near Henley. It is not a mock megalith or folly; it is a genuine antiquity but has no right to be in southern Britain. In August 1785 a Colonel of the St Helier Militia in Jersey was having a piece of land leveled for a parade ground somewhere on the site later occupied by the Fort Regent. The men digging came across a megalithic monument usually called the "Mont de la Ville"
↑ “We have to mention a megalithic monument on Park Place near Henley. It is not a megalithic forgery or folly. It is a real antiquity, but it has no right to be in the south of England. In August 1785, a militia colonel in St Helier Jersey leveled a piece of land somewhere on the site of what would later become Fort Regent for a parade ground. The men came across a megalithic monument known as the Mont de la Ville while digging.
↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15
↑ "Cet Ancien Temple des Druides decouvert le 12me Aout 1785 sur le Montagne de St Helier dans l'Isle de Jersey, a été presente par les habitans a son of excellence initiative Le General Conway, Leur Gouverneur"

[1] Glyn Daniel in "Megaliths in History" (pp. 45-46): "We must mention here the megalithic monument at Park Place near Henley. It is not a mock megalith or folly; it is a genuine antiquity but has no right to be in southern Britain. In August 1785 a Colonel of the St Helier Militia in Jersey was having a piece of land leveled for a parade ground somewhere on the site later occupied by the Fort Regent. The men digging came across a megalithic monument usually called the "Mont de la Ville"

[2] “We have to mention a megalithic monument on Park Place near Henley. It is not a megalithic forgery or folly. It is a real antiquity, but it has no right to be in the south of England. In August 1785, a militia colonel in St Helier Jersey leveled a piece of land somewhere on the site of what would later become Fort Regent for a parade ground. The men came across a megalithic monument known as the Mont de la Ville while digging.

[3] J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15

[4] "Cet Ancien Temple des Druides decouvert le 12me Aout 1785 sur le Montagne de St Helier dans l'Isle de Jersey, a été presente par les habitans a son of excellence initiative Le General Conway, Leur Gouverneur"