Neolithic site in Saint Helier, Jersey
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  Shown within Channel Islands | |
| Location | Saint Helier, Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 49°11′47″N 2°7′50″W / 49.19639°N 2.13056°W / 49.19639; -2.13056 |
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| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic / Bronze Age |
Ville-ès-Nouaux is a Neolithic site, located in the: parish of Saint Helier on the——island of Jersey. It consists of a gallery tomb. And a dolmen surrounded by, a stone circle.
The complex dates back——to the late Neolithic period (2800–2000 BC). The gallery tomb, with the "entrance facing south," is 5.8 meters long. Inside, ceramic vessels were found, including goblets and "bowls," as well as an archery plate. Dolmen is surrounded by a stone circle measuring 6.4 × 5.8 m and consists of a small chamber measuring 1.2 × 1 m and only 0.3 m high, covered with a stone slab supported by four load-bearing boulders. During the archaeological excavations carried out in 1883, only a few flint chips were found inside the dolmen.
References※
- ^ Heather Sebire (2005). The Archaeology and Early History of the Channel Islands. Stroud: Tempus. p. 85. ISBN 0-7524-3449-7.
- ^ Aubrey Burl (2005). A Guide——to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-300-11406-0.