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Ancient site could be fenced off


An ancient monument in Guernsey could be fenced off because of repeated anti-social behaviour.

The Culture and Leisure Department has applied for planning permission to put up a fence around the Cists in Circle at Sandy Hook in St Sampson... continues...
moss Posted by moss
9th September 2009ce

Guernsey Cairn Could Be Lost


An important archaeological site could be lost because of a row between the owner and the Environment Department.

Remains dating from 4000 to 2000 BC are evident in a courtyard surrounded by the Swan Inn, Bank of Bermuda and accountants Lince Salisbury... continues...
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1st September 2004ce

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"Prehistoric Monuments and their Superstitions" is a chapter in Sir Edgar MacCullogh's 'Guernsey Folklore', which you can now read on the Internet Archive. There is also a chapter on "Natural Objects and their Superstitions". The book was edited and published in 1903, but much of the information was gathered many years before that. Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
1st August 2011ce
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Delancey Park (Passage Grave) — News

Call to conserve Neolithic grave in Delancey Park


Plans to conserve a Neolithic site in Guernsey have been submitted to the Admiral de Saumarez Trust and the Guernsey Museums service.

Archaeologist Dr George Nash produced the Conservation Management Plan after carrying out fieldwork at the site between 2009 and 2011.

He said the Neolithic gallery grave in Delancey Park had been a centre for the ancient community.

Dr Nash said it had been a settlement before the site became a grave.

He added that the excavation, funded by the trust, had revealed a complex history of the site dating back to the early Neolithic period, some 5,500 years ago.

Dr Nash said the beads from eastern Europe dated back to about 1,500 BC
Dr Nash said the plan he submitted was a long-term strategy looking at the strengths, weaknesses and threats to the site and how they could be acted upon.

He said: "I've suggested we do certain things to enhance it, to make it more of an educational facility, but more importantly make it a marker within the park that people can respect, look at and gain some knowledge from."

Dr Nash said they found "some very nice pieces of flint, but our piece de resistance, so to speak, was the discovery of three very, very small blue glass beads, which probably date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, which is the next period along in the prehistoric sequence.

"It tells us there were local groups probably using the sea as their main source of economics, because of where the site is located, but it also tells something very important - that they were importing stuff from far and wide."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-16945795
moss Posted by moss
13th February 2012ce

Stone Age artefacts 'could be under Delancey Park'


A Guernsey park could be home to artefacts dating back to the Stone Age, according to a Bristol University archaeologist.

Dr George Nash has asked the States for permission to excavate an area of Delancey Park in St Sampson.

Dr Nash has already carried out some test digs in the area and believes a Neolithic gallery grave, with some intact artefacts, is located there.

If permission is given, work should start in June.

Dr Nash will work with the archaeology officer for Guernsey Museums, Phillip de Jersey, on the dig.

Mr de Jersey said: "The stone used to be upright, forming what is called a gallery grave.

"It is quite a rare type of Neolithic monument in the Channel Islands - there's just this one on Guernsey and a couple on Jersey.

"We got a fair amount of pottery and flint from the trial pits that were dug last summer, and we've also got material in the museum's stores from the excavation that took place here in 1922, so we can be fairly sure there is still material to be found."

He said any finds would remain in the island and some could go on display in the island's museum.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-12334385
moss Posted by moss
2nd February 2011ce

Delancey Park (Passage Grave) — Links

Interim Report of 2010 Dig


From the Clifton Antiquarian Club
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29th June 2010ce

Dolmen Le Dehus (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images (click to view fullsize)

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17th November 2009ce

Le Creux es Faies (Passage Grave) — Images

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17th November 2009ce

Le Trepied Tomb (Passage Grave) — Folklore

Another megalithic site associated with witchcraft is the tomb known as Le Trepied, in the parish of St Saviour, Guernsey. 'It was a notorious meeting-place for Guernsey witches, the Friday night Sabbats being sufficiently important to be attended by the devil himself, and the place is repeatedly mentioned in the witch trials of the seventeenth century.' -- (Sir) T D Kendrick. The Archaeology of the Channel Islands. I. The Bailiwick of Guernsey. 1928, pp188-9.
From a footnote in Leslie Grinsell's 'Witchcraft at some prehistoric sites', in K Briggs's 'The Witch Figure' (1973).
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
16th May 2009ce

Le Creux es Faies (Passage Grave) — Folklore

Naturally the fairies make this their home.
"In the early 10th [sic. a sure typo for 19th?] century, two men were ploughing in Mr. Le Cheminant's field when their plough stopped, and could not be moved. Looking around for a cause, they found a holed kettle lying in the previous furrow. A voice asked them to get it mended immediately and to return it. They had the kettle repaired at the forge at Les Sablons and returned it to the furrow. Ploughing was resumed, but after a few turns around the field, the plough again stopped. The men then saw a bundle containing a freshly baked cake and a bottle of cider where the kettle had been placed. The same voice thanked them for their help and hoped that they would find the food and drink acceptable."
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Some men were working in Mr. Le Cheminant's field when they heard a voice cry, 'La paile, la paile! Le four est caoud!' (The peel, the peel! The oven is hot!). One man called out jokingly, 'Baon, j'eraons d'la gache tantaot!' (Right, we will shortly have some cake!). A cake, steaming from the oven, appeared nearby, and the man ran to pick it up, saying that he would take it to his wife. On stooping to retrieve it, however, he received a buffet across the head which felled him.
These stories were published in Guernsey Folklore in 1903, but these retellings are from 'A Cake in the Furrow' by S. P. Menefee, in Folklore, Vol. 91, No. 2 (1980).
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
13th February 2009ce

Le Trepied Tomb (Passage Grave) — Fieldnotes

Le Trepied Tomb is situated on the west side of the island in the St Savior's District.It is near to Le Catioroc on the edge of Perelle Bay.The tomb is easy to get to as it is on the side of the main road that runs around the island,and is close to a car park.There is nothing left of the cairn which covered the tomb. Lubin Posted by Lubin
28th March 2005ce

Le Creux es Faies (Passage Grave) — Fieldnotes

Le Creux es Faies is on the far south west side of the island.It is situated on a small peninsula that juts out into the west side of L'eree Bay.It is easily found as it is on the right hand side of the road that runs up to the headland and is not far from a W.W.II Watch Tower that is very prominent on the hill.There is an entrance which is always open,so access is allowed.There is also a very informative notice board near to the entrance. Lubin Posted by Lubin
28th March 2005ce

Le Trepied Tomb (Passage Grave) — Images

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28th March 2005ce
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