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Le Mont de la Ville (Site of)

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<b>Le Mont de la Ville (Site of)</b>Posted by stubobImage © Printed in Charles Knights 'Old England' 1845.
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  • The Dolmen of the Mount of the City

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The latest location of Le Mont de la Ville: Park Place country club.
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
14th December 2005ce
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Charles Knight in his book Old England (1845) wrote of Le Mont de la Ville as being:
"....a copy in miniature of such vast works as those of Stonehenge and Avebury...."
No mistake.....the passage grave is an excellent looking structure and it still is....errr....just that it's not actually on Jersey anymore.
Knight continues:
"This singular monument, which was found buried under the earth, was removed some fifty years ago [in 1785] by General Conway [to make way for his parade ground] to his seat near Henley, the stones being placed in his garden according to the original plan."

It's still there today in a private garden.
stubob Posted by stubob
14th December 2005ce
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Top photo by JJ Evendon. (two more pix on the website)
stubob Posted by stubob
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Some great pics of Le Mont de la Ville, Henley-on-Thames.
stubob Posted by stubob
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