Les Blanches Banques

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The small menhir of Les Blanches Banques

Les Blanches Banques ( German  The White Walls ) is the last remaining dune area on the Channel Island of Jersey with an area of ​​about 100 hectares . It is located at Le Braye on the west coast and is of ecological importance as the diversity of plants is extraordinary and the habitat for many animal species that use the area as a refuge is very rare.

The earliest traces of the settlers of the Blanches Banques date back to the Neolithic (6,000 to 4,500 years ago) and their flint traces can be found in front of rabbit burrows. Evidence of early settlers is also menhirs ( English standing stones ) and a stone chamber known as "The Ossuary ", only preserved in remains, in which the bones of 20 people were found.

  • The Ossuary
  • The Ossuary, Blanches Banques - geograph.ci - 279.jpg
  • Les Blianches Banques Jèrri Juîn 2009 17.jpg
  • Ossuary Les Blianches Banques Jèrri Juîn 2009 3.jpg
  • Ossuary Les Blianches Banques Jèrri Juîn 2009.jpg

See also

literature

  • Heather Sebire: The Archeology and Early History of the Channel Islands . 2005; ISBN 0-7524-3449-7 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '51.1 "  N , 2 ° 13' 0.4"  W.