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La | La Hougue Bie is a major Neolitic ritual site dating back to 3500BC and one of the best preserved cruciform passage graves in Europe. | ||
Its passage is twenty meters long and is covered by a 12.2 meter high earth mound. | Its passage is twenty meters long and is covered by a 12.2 meter high earth mound. | ||
The mound | The mound itself is 58 meters in diameter and covers an area of 2400 square meters. | ||
First opened for excavation on 3rd September 1924 by the Société Jersiaise, they found the site had been robbed at an earlier date. | First opened for excavation on 3rd September 1924 by the Société Jersiaise, they found the site had been robbed at an earlier date. | ||
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She immediately had him arrested and brought to trial. He admitted his guilt and was executed. | She immediately had him arrested and brought to trial. He admitted his guilt and was executed. | ||
The widow of the Seigneur then travelled to Jersey and raised a monument to her dead husband, this being La | The widow of the Seigneur then travelled to Jersey and raised a monument to her dead husband, this being La Hougue Bie. | ||
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