52 LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 



La Pouquefaye des Ravonos-On the cc Extente du Fief 

 de Carteret," 1551, " Bouvee des Ravonos," is the following entry : 

 " Item le Seigneur du fieu en sa pieche de la pouquelee, v. 4 p." The 

 names of Les Blanches Roques and La Hougue au Comte are also 

 mentioned on this Bouvee, so it would seem that the dolmen stood on 

 the hills to the N.W. of Les Mourains. (79.) 



La Pouquelaye des HoumetS.- This dolmen gave its name 

 to the estate of La Pouquelaye at the back of Saumarez Park. The 

 following entry from the " Extente du Fief de Carteret," 1551, shows 

 that it was still in existence at that date : cc Premiers Bouvee des 

 Tenans. Pierre Henry en ses carios de la pouquelaie des Houmets 

 jouxte la dite pouquelaie par devers Test, 15 p." (80.) 



Le Trepied, near Le Villiocq. — The site of this dolmen is described 

 in the " Livre de Perchage du Fief Le Roy," 1833, as follows : 

 " Nicolas Cohu, du Villiocq, en son Neuf courtil du Villiocq et en 

 son courtil du Trepied, presentement ensemble, le long de la Rue de 

 la Ganeviere." Close to it stood La Croix du Villiocq. (81.) 



Le Trepied de BaSn St. George.— This dolmen is said to have 

 stood between the Chapel of St. George and the High Road. In the 

 " Extente du Fief de la Chapelle de St. George," 1614, is the fol- 

 lowing entry : " Item le dit Seigneur (Thomas Fashion) en son 

 Trepy de bas, 11 v." The name rather suggests the existence at one 

 time of another dolmen, " Le Trepy de Haut," not far from it. (82.) 



La RO€|Ue es BceufS. — This rock stood at a short distance from 

 St. George on the opposite side of the road. It was probably a 

 menhir, or a natural reck, on which was a mark like the imprint of 

 the hoof of an ox, either a natural hollow like cc Le Pied du Boeuf ," 

 L'Ancresse, or sculptured by Neolithic man. Similarly sculptured 

 stones and rocks are common in France and in some parts are still 

 held in veneration and the water that gathers in the hollow is held 

 to be a cure for many diseases. (1) In the 15th century " Extente de 

 la Seconde Bouvee des Grangiers " we find : " Les hers Collas 

 Toulle (2) a la roque es beux la dite roque existante dedans, 1 v." (83.) 



La Fontaine Saint Georges. — This famous Holy Well is a 

 few yards below the ruins of the old Chapel of St. George, and just 

 outside the latter stcod La Croix St. Georges. The Holy Well was 

 one of the most famous in the island and was resorted to by maidens 

 in search of husbands, — cc and if the maiden visited it fasting and 

 in silence for nine consecutive mornings, carefully depositing a 

 piece of silver in the niche, at the back of the fountain, as an offer- 

 ing to the Saint, she is assured of matrimony within nine months, 

 and by looking into the well with an earnest desire to behold her 

 intended husband, his face will be mirrored in the water. And in 

 former times, when the man was identified the girl gave his name 

 to the priest, who summoned him before St. George, and, as destined 

 for each other by Heaven, they were solemnly united. "(3) 



According to another account it was also resorted to by childless 

 women, who, {C on drinking the water of this well nine successive 

 morning's fasting, without either accosting or being accosted by any 

 person in their way thither, they became as fruitful vines. "(4) 



Another legend tells us of the old woman who sought the heal- 

 ing virtue of the fountain: "her eyes were dim with extreme age, 

 her limbs refused to perform their wanton functions," but such was 

 her faith and the efficacy of her gifts, that, " in less than three 

 m Bnlletin, Societe PrehistoHaue. 1917, ti.d., 112-113. Tbld, Notes a propos de 



l'litilisation Therapathique des Mesralithes dans la Bretagn*, p, 159 



2) La Grande Maison de St. George belonged to theToulleys in the loth century 



(3) Folk Lore, p. 192. 



(4) The Strangers Guide in Guernsey. Supplement, p. 16. 



