Megalithic systems on Herm
Between the 5th and 3rd millennium BC Chr. Built megaliths on Herm , one on the Bailiwick of Guernsey belonging Island are all in the north of the island. Four systems have been preserved: “Grand” ( ⊙ ) and “Petit Monceau” ( ⊙ ), “Robert's Cross” ( ⊙ ) and “The Common” ( ⊙ ).
Between 2008 and 2010, the area offered the University of Durham the rare opportunity to explore the landscape of what were once 19 graves, which stand next to or in a low plain, which is lined with high coastal dunes and covered by sand, under which hidden structures are suspected. The basis was the work of Frederick Corbin Lukis in 1840. Stones and graves that were excavated by the Lukis group are still visible.
"Grand" and "Petit Monceau" are only sparsely preserved complexes. "The Common" is also only preserved in its basic form. "Robert's Cross", discovered in the middle of the 19th century, is a largely intact, approximately 5.0 m long structure, which, after a short narrow corridor with two preserved supporting stones, trapezoidally expands and consists of 16 supporting stones (one missing) and three preserved ( consists of four) large ceiling tiles.
See also
literature
- Heather Sebire: The Archeology and Early History of the Channel Islands . Stroud, Tempus 2005. ISBN 0-7524-3449-7 .
Web links
- Herm - Island of the dead? The buried Neolithic landscape of Herm (project description; English)
- Description of "Grand Monceau" with picture (English)
- Description of "Petit Monceau" with picture (English)
- Description of "The Common" with picture (English)
- Description of "Robert's Cross" with a picture (English)
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