46 LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 



et sur la Profont chemin." A cross stood in the road near it, as 

 in " Lettres " of 22nd March, 1544, is mention of " le courtil de la 

 Croix, " belonging to Pierres le Mesurier, son of the above — " a Test 

 du profond quemin." In the Livre de Perchage du Fief au Cou- 

 ture, 1896, it is called " La Longue Roque " and the land around 

 it and " le courtil des Aix," then belonged to Mr. Pierre Collas Le 

 Messurier cc a cause de Elizabeth Marguerite Mansell sa femme." (54.) 



Le Creux des Fees. — A small dolmen which stood at the entrance 

 of the first field on the left in the narrow lane at the back of Les 

 Paysans leading from Les Blanches Carrieres to La Pomare. There 

 is in the Lukis Museum a sketch by Mr. F. C. Lukis which represents 

 the dolmen as a small chamber with walls of dry stone masonry 

 covered by several large capstones, still partially covered with a 

 tumulus. Mr. Lukis states that the heighf' of the entrance was about 

 2 feet 10 inches, and its width 3 feet. The dolmen was unfortunately 

 destroyed by its owner before Mr. Lukis could excavate it. It was 

 undoubtedly of very late date. (55.) 



La Longue Pierre des Plats Camps.— This menhir stood 

 on the " Fief de la Pomare," near Les Adams, in a locality still 

 called Les Plats Camps. It is mentioned in the c< Bille de Partage 

 de l'heritage de John Le Mesurier, fils Pierres," 1588 : "Item, la 

 pieche de la Longue Pierre des Plats Camps." (56.) 



We now come to the second group of menhirs and 

 dolmens in St. Peter-in-the-Wood, which extended over the 

 borders of the adjoining parish of St. Saviour's, from 

 L'Eree to Le Catioroc, on the hills overlooking what were 

 formerly the marshes round La Claire Mare. It consisted of 

 five dolmens and two menhirs, of which three dolmens and 

 one menhir were in St. Peter-in-the-Wood. The most im- 

 portant dolmen was : — 



Le Creux es FaJes. — It is the third largest dolmen in Guernsey 

 and is still nearly completely buried beneath its tumulus. Accord- 

 ing to Guernsey Folk Lore it was one of the entrances to fairyland, 

 and from its dark cavernous chamber the fairies issued each Friday 

 night to join the revels at Le Catioroc, La Pierre de PHyvreuse and 

 oth p r sacred spots. The dolmen was excavated by Mr. F. C. Lukis 

 in 1838 and its contents are in the Lukis Museum. (57.) 



Le DehUSj or Le Dehuset. — This dolmen was situated to the 

 west of Le Creux es Faies, on the point overlooking Rocquaine Bay, 

 to the S.W. of the pathway leading down to the beach opposite 

 Lihou. It was called Le Debus in the Extente du fief de Laeraie, 

 1503, as will be seen by the following entry : " Philippe Duquemin 

 au lone du Dehus au suest 22 perques. Item, devers Test du De- 

 huset, 2 vergees 9 perques." In the Livre de Perchage of 1834 these 

 fields are called " Le Cloture du Trepied du Fief le Compte." The 

 mention of b-th Dehus and Le Dehuset in 1503 rather suggest the 

 existence of two dolmens. It was destroyed when the Battery was 

 erected on the point at the end of the eighteenth century. (58.) 



Le Trepied, La Varde s L'Eree.— This dolmen is marked as 

 " Druids Altar " on the mao of Guernsey of James Cochrane, junr., 

 1832. It is represented as standing in the centre of the furze brake 

 to the west of the Tower of L'Eree, but it has now totally disappeared. 



(59.) 



Les Champs Varouf. — This name is given to several fields 

 lying between the dolmens of cc Le Creux es Fees " and " Le De- 

 huset." In the Extente du fief de Lihou, 1503, we find "Collas du 

 Mont, fils Pierre au camp Varouf, 2 v. et demie r and in the Livre 



