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LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 



to the Charroterie Steam Mills, were called La Jaonniere de La 

 Touzee in the " Partage de l'heritage " de Dame Marie Renouf irj 

 1616. As La Touzee is the feminine of "Le Touzet," i.e., " Le 

 Dehuset," it is most probable that a dolmen once existed on the top 

 of the hill. ^ (See Map, 2.) 



La Pierre Percee.— In all probability a menhir pierced with a 

 round hole once existed on this property. A similarly pierced menhir 

 is said, by Mr. F. C. Lukis, to have "formerly existed in Alderney, 

 Analogous pierced menhirs are to be found at Drach, Indre et Loire, 

 Bouscas, Blcndas, Gard, and near Nantes in France and also in 

 England. On the other hand dolmens with an entrance stone pierced 

 with a round hole are also found in France, especially in the de- 

 partments of Oise and Seine et Oise.(l) Similar entrance stones are 

 also found in England, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, the Caucasus 

 and other parts of Asia Minor.(2) Pierced megaliths were considered 

 to possess medical virtues and in France have frequently been 

 Christianised by being dedicated to some Saint. They are resorted 

 to even at the present day in many parts by sufferers from various 

 maladies, who< either rub the part affected against the stone, or pass 

 the diseased limb through the hole in hopes of cure. (3.) 



La Roque a I'Or. — A menhir situated in the Courtil de la Longue 

 Pierre, a field to' the north of the Cricket Field of Elizabeth College. 

 The origin of the name is unknown. It may have been due to its 

 appearance had the stone been covered with golden coloured lichen. 

 On the other hand in Ireland some menhirs are said to have been 

 decorated with gold and silver. In the Life of St. Patrick the 

 famous menhir, called "Ceun Cruaich," the principal idol in Ire- 

 land, which stood on the plaini of " Mag Slecht," on the borders 

 of Cavan and Leitrim, is said to have been covered with gold and 

 silver and surrounded by twelve other smaller idols covered with 

 bronze. (3) Another Irish menhir, the "Cermand Cestach,"(4) was 

 also covered with gold and silver, and after it had been despoiled 

 of its ornaments it was for a long time preserved in the church of 

 Clogher, County Tyrone. La Roque a l'Or was one of the four 

 menhirs associated with the group of dolmens which follow. (4.) 



La Pouquelaye. — A dolmen in the field adjoining La Roque a l'Or, 

 according to Mr. F. C. Lukis. (5.) 



La Longue Roque des Granges. — Mentioned in Lettres sous 

 Sceau, 1519, also in the various Extentes of Fief Le Roy from 1573. 

 In that of 1793, ' Le Jardin de la Longue Roque, belonging to Mr. 

 Richard de Beauvoir, is described as : "Au ouest du Carrefour des 

 Croutes et au sud du courtil des Roquettes de Nicolas Maingv, 

 Ecuier, la rue entr'eux." This menhir therefore stood either on the 

 site of St. Stephen's Church or of De Beauvoir Terrace. (6.) 



La Petite Longue Roque des Granges.— It stood in the 

 field to the east of the garden at the back of the old manor house of 

 Les Granges, now known as De Beauvoir Farm. Its site is described 

 in the Perchage du fief Le Rov, 1793, as a "piece de terre partie en 

 courtil partie en jardin appellee La Petite Longue Roque a Test du 

 parterre." (7.) 



La Pouquelaye de Haut or La Grande Pouquelaye. 



— This dolmen stood in a field to the south of La Rue de la Pouque- 



(1) Bulletin Soc. Prehistorique Francaise, 1918, Allee <^ouverte des Pierres 

 Folles du Plessis. 



(2* The dolmen of Le Couperon, Jersey, has an entrance stone with a semi- 

 circular hollow on its upper edge, 



(3) H. d'Arbois de Jublainville, Le Cultedes Menhir^. Revue Celtique, vxxvii.. 

 No. 3, July-October, 1906.— Whitley Stokes, The Tripartite Life of Patrick, v. i. pp 

 90-91. 



(4) Ibid, Whitley Stokes, Felire Oengusso De, pp. 186, 187, 378. 



