1921.] 



LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 41 



Les Plats PiedS-— This name is given in the Livre de Perchage of 

 1877 to some land and a furze brake belonging to Mr. Torode, des 

 Pieces, and described as "la terre et jaonniere des Plats Pieds." In 

 all probability the name is derived from the imprints of two human 

 feet on a rock in the vicinity. These " pediform" hollows are some- 

 times natural, due to the weathering of the stone, or they were 

 sculptured by Neolithic man, but whether natural or artificial they 

 were objects cf cult, and even to this day in out of the way parts of 

 Franc© they are still thought to possess magical properties and are 

 resorted to for the cure of many diseases. (30.) 



L'Bdole. — In the Livre de Perchage of 1877 are two fields near " Les 

 Pieces" on the border of St. Andrew's parish called " le courtil de 

 l'Image," or as it was called in " Lettres " of the 16th century, " le 

 courtil de l'ldole." (31.) 



Le Perron du Roi- — This small menhir still stands at Le Bourg 

 at the corner of the wall of the road leading down to Petit Bot. It 

 has three cupmarks sculptured on it. At the beginning of the 19th 

 century it stood at a little distance from its present position on the 

 opposite side of the road, and it was used as "un perron," or mount- 

 ing block, for the horsemen of the procession of "La Chevauchee de 

 la Cour de St. Michel du Valle." (32.) 



La Roque des Faies. — It was a menhir which stood in a field in 

 a small lane, or "cache," opposite the shop of Mr. de la Rue near 

 Le Bourg at the beginning of "La Rue des Landes." In former 

 days its neighbourhood was carefully avoided at night by the people 

 of the Forest, as the fairies were said to hold their nightly revels 

 round the stone, (1) and every three years when " La Chevauchee de 

 St. Michel" was held the " pions," or footmen, also danced around 

 it. Another legend states that where "La Roque des Faies " stood 

 was the site originally chosen for the building of the church, but 

 when all the materials had been got together for the purpose of 

 laying the foundation stcne they were removed by the fairies in one 

 night to the place where the church now stands. (2) (33.) 



La Blanche Roque. — This stone was probably a menhir and gave 

 its name to "le courtil de la Blanche Roque," at Les Landes, which 

 appears on the Livre de Perchage of Fief du Roi, 1877. Near 

 it was "le Courtil de la Croix Croquet," another of the many 

 instances in Guernsey of the erection of a cross in the neighbourhood 

 of a megalithic monument. (34.) 



La Roque aux Fains. — This rock seems to have stood somewhere 

 near Le Bourg, but there is nothing to show whether it was a menhir 

 or a natural rock. It is mentioned in the following entry of the 

 Livre de Perchage of Fief Le Roy, 1877 : " George Torode du Bourg 

 en son courtil la Roque aux Pains." (35.) 



Le Desert des VariOUvez.-l have been unable to discover the : 

 exact situation of the district called " Les Variouvez," but as far as 



1 can judge by the following entries in the Livre de Perchage of 

 1877, it was somewhere near Le Bourg, possibly to the east of La 

 Roque des Faies : "James Gilmon du Bourg en son Desert des 

 Variouvez, 1 v. 23 p." " Thomas Tostevin fils Jean a cause de 

 Susanne Priaulx sa femme en sa jaonniere des Variouvez qui fut a 

 Nicolas Priaulx son pere, 1 v. 18 p." 



Le Variouf is the name given to a district between Petit Bo and 

 Les Fontenelles. In the Livre de Perchage of 1877 we find : " Les 

 Hoirs de Jean Guilbert des Vallees en leur courtil du Viel Variouf, 

 3 v. 17 p." " Anne Wynne Aubrey, des Fontenelles, en ses masions, 

 ^etc. Item en son courtil le Viel Variouf qui fut a Jean de la Rue, 



2 v. 22 p." "Jean de la Rue, des Fontenelles, en son courtil le> 

 <1) Folk Lore. p. 127. (2) Ibid, p. 128. 



