32 LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 



The distribution of these names in the various parishes 

 is as follows: " Les Pouquelayes " are only found in the 

 parishes of St. Peter-Port, St. Andrew, St. Peter-in-the- 

 Wood, St. Saviour and the Castel ; "Les Trepieds " in St. 

 St. Andrew's, St. Peter-in-the-Wood, St. Saviour's, the 

 Castel and the Vale; and "Les Dehus " and "Les De- 

 husets " in the Vale, the Castel, St. Saviour's and St. Peter- 

 in-the-Wood, and possibly its feminine form of "La 

 Touzee " in St. Peter-Port. None of these names are to be 

 found in St. Sampson's, the Forest or in St. Martin's, 

 although several dolmens were formerly known to have 

 existed in St. Sampson's Parish, and probably one — " La 

 Tombe" — on Fief de Sausmarez in St. Martin's. So far 

 no dolmens can be traced as having existed in the Forest 

 Parish. 



As my examination of our Livres de Perchage progressed 

 I discovered that there were several distinct groups of dol- 

 mens in different parts of the island. One group of eight 

 dolmens and four menhirs was scattered around the Foulon, 

 bounded on the South by "La Roque a l'Or" and on the 

 North by * ' Les Granges ' ' 'now known as de Beauvoir 

 Estate) in St. Peter-Port, and extending on the opposite side 

 of the Vauquiedor Valley behind Havilland Hall to Les 

 Fauconnaires in St. Andrew's. Another group of six or 

 seven was situated around Les Marais Gouies and Les 

 Marches in St. Peter-in-the-Wood. A third group centred 

 around L'Hree and Le Catioroc. A fourth at the Castel 

 extended from the hills round St. George to- Les Houmets 

 near Saumarez Park, Le Villiocq and Woodlands. A fifth 

 group was to be found at L' Islet and Grande Havre. A 

 sixth in the Clos du Valle from L'Ancresse Common to La 

 Roque qui Sonne, and among these are the principal sur- 

 vivors of our megalithic monuments. Lastly a small group 

 was situated at St. Sampson's on the sites of La Vieille 

 Hougue and De Lancey Park. 



I have also included the names of Holy Wells and 

 stones, natural rocks and localities to which old legends are 

 attached, or, which from their names, such as "La Roque 

 qui Tourne," "La Roque au Follet," "La Roque au 

 Tonnerre," " Le Pied du Bceuf," etc., can be connected with 

 legends attached to stones with similar names in France. 

 For the last few years La Societe Prehistorique Frangaise has 

 paid much attention to the study of Folk Lore connected 

 with sacred stones and fountains. It is recognised that the 

 worship of natural rocks having some peculiar appearance, 

 or on which natural basins, or hollows shaped like the 



