LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS AND SACRED 



ROCKS. 



COMPILED FROM GUERNSEY PLACE-NAMES, WITH 

 LEGENDS, &c. 



BY LIEUT.-COL. T. W. M. DE GUEKJN. 



In this paper I have made an attempt to compile a list of 

 the Megalithic Monuments of Guernsey, which existed in his- 

 toric times, both of those which still remain, and of those, 

 by far the greater number, which have been destroyed but the 

 sites of which can still be traced by place names in the Ex- 

 tentes, or Livres de Perchage (Terriers as they are called in 

 England), of our old manors; and also in "Lettres sous 

 Sceau " recording the sale of land. 



In all I have traced the existence in former days of no 

 less than 68 dolmens and cists, of which only fifteen remain, 

 and of 39 menhirs. Of the latter six still exist, namely, 

 a La Longue Roque," at Les Paysans, " La Pierre de 

 PEssart " at Le Crocq, " Le Perron du Roi," at Le Bourg; and 

 the two statue-menhirs of the Caste 1 and St. Martin's, and a 

 very small menhir (the " Weather " Stone) in a field opposite 

 La Moye, Vale. 



The names we find most commonly used for dolmens in 

 Guernsey are "La Pouquelaye," " Le Trepied " and " Le 

 Dehus," with its diminutive " Le Dehuset," corrupted in 

 modern times into " Le Tus " and " Le Tuzet " or " La Tou- 

 zee." Menhirs were generally known as " La Longue Roque ' 

 or u La Longue Pierre," but some bore distinctive names, such 

 as "La Roque a l'Or," "La Roque de la Varde," "La Pierre 

 de l'Hyvreuse " in St. Peter-Port, " Le Perron du Roi " and 

 "La Roque es Fa'ies" in the Forest, "La Roque qui Tourne," 

 " La Roque au Follet " and " La Palette es Fa'ies " in St. 

 Peter-in-the-Wood. Possibly also the names of "La 

 Blanche Pierre" or "Les Blanches Pierres," found in St. 

 Martin's, the Forest, St. Peter-in-the-Wood and the Castel 

 refer to similar megaliths. " La Blanche Pierre is a name 

 commonly given to menhirs both in Jersey and in Normandy. 



