154 Megalithic Structures [April, 



13 feet in length, resting on two props, and partly covered by 

 the debris of a neighbouring quarry, still marks the spot where a 

 large cromlech formerly stood in the same parish as the above- 

 mentioned remains ; the huge western capstone, note destroyed, bore 

 the name of La Roche qui Sonne. An analogous name to this 

 Guernsey Memnon, La Roque oil le Coq chante, another site in 

 Guernsey, is mentioned by Victor Hugo in his celebrated work, 

 Les Travailleurs de la Mer, in which he mentions the popular 

 superstition concerning these remains : — " Cette pier re est fort a 

 surveiller. On ne sait ce quelle fait la. On y entend chanter un 

 coq quon ne voit pas, chose extremement desagreable. Ensuite il 

 est avere quelle a ete mise dans ce courtil far les sarregousets, qui 

 sont la meme chose que les sins." 



This cromlech is said to have been the largest in the island, and 

 as the greatest part of the structure extended to the westward of 

 the present remains, the largest capstone to the west must have 

 been an enormous block ; great superstition, indeed, attached to the 

 broken portions of this structure. The farm-house of Belval close 

 by was partly built of fragments from this cromlech, and shortly 

 after the completion of its building it took fire and was destroyed. 

 A vessel also sailing from St. Sampson's with macadam, from the 

 same source, is said to have sunk. AYhen the remaining portions 

 were investigated, the proprietor is said to have looked on the 

 sacrilegious proceedings with a terrified countenance, as if expecting 

 that " Satan himself was about to be disinterred." 



The fourth capstone at L'Ancresse much resembles the remain- 

 ing capstone of La Roche qui sonne both in size and shape (a 

 triangular prism), but is slightly smaller. The sole remaining 

 impost of one of the Alderney cromlechs, viz. that at Tonrgis, is in 

 every respect similar also. This leads one to suspect that this 

 stone was the fourth stone of the cromlech,, and if so, the " Roche 

 qui sonne" Cromlech would have been proportionately larger than 

 the cromlech at L'Ancresse. 



The last illustration accurately represents the present condition 

 of a cromlech in the parish of St. Saviour, Guernsey, known by the 

 name of the Creux des Fees, and which well exhibits the peculiar 

 features of the French Grottes des Fees and Alices couverts. The 

 western chamber is still covered in by a great portion of the original 

 superimposed tumulus, and in fact forms a subterranean chamber 

 or grotto, with the narrow passage entrance, now uncovered, but 

 formerly covered with transverse s^abs of stone resembling the 

 gang-grahen of Scandinavia. Only the two largest capstones 

 remain, covering a chamber 21 feet long by 12 feet broad. This 

 chamber has long been used as a cattle stable, and in consequence 

 is not quite so sweet as might be. Here may be observed with 

 advantage the usual method of filling the interstices between the 



