56 LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 



Buried Menhir, L' Islet. —When the row of houses were built some 

 years ago along the L'Isiet Road, a menhir was discovered buried 

 beneath the sand. It was unfortunately broken up for building 

 material. At the same time several circles of dry stone masonry 

 (possibly hut circles) and a circle of large stones were discovered and 

 destroyed. (1) (92.) 



CiSt, near Arnold's Bridge.— This cist was destroyed between 

 the years 1806-1809 when the embankment called "Arnold's Bridge " 

 was built and Le Eraye du Valle recovered from the sea. Accord- 

 ing to Lieutenant S. V. Oliver, R.A., its site was still well marked 

 in 1870(2) (93.) 



ST. SAMPSON'S. 



CiSt in Garden, L'lSlet.— This small cist, which still exists in 

 a garden on the left-hand side of the narrow road leading from 

 L' islet to brande Havre, was discovered in 1874, but nothing was 

 found in it except blown sand. (93a.) 



Dolmen, L'lSiet. — This small dolmen, which was discovered in 

 1911(3) stands at the top of a furze brake on the left hand side of 

 the lane leading from L'Isiet to Sandy Hook. The dolmen is one 

 of the most interesting prehistoric monuments in the Channel 

 Islands on account of the unusual character of its surroundings. It 

 stands in the centre of a large circle of small stones which has four 

 small ci teles adjoining it, two on the North and two on the South, 

 with a small stone cist in the Western circles of each group. The 

 vases and other objects found in it are now in the Museum of the 

 Guille-Alles Library. (94.) 



Destroyed Dolmen, L'Isiet.— Another dolmen said to have 

 been very similar in character to the above was discovered a few 

 years before 1911 in the field adjoining it to the North. Unfortu- 

 nately it was destroyed when the greenhouses in the field were built. 



(95.) 



CLOS-DU- VALLE. 



Dolmens, La Plate Mare. — These two small dolmens are situ- 

 ated in the centre of La Plate Mare, the part of L'Ancresse Common 

 between the Vale Church and the hill of La Varde. One is in a fair 

 state of preservation, and is still covered by one capstone. It was 

 excavated by Mr. F. C. Lukis in 1838-40, and its contents are in the 

 Lukis Museum. To the east of it are a few stone of the second dol- 

 men, which was destroyed before 1838. Its site was also excavated 

 by Mr. Lukis. (96-97.) 



Allee Couvertej La Varde. — This is the largest megalithic 

 structure in the Channel Islands, and it stands on the top of the hill 

 of La Varde dominating the whole of the Western part of L'Ancresse 

 Common. It was accidently discovered in 1811 by some soldiers of 

 the Regiment of the Due de Mortemar, who were then encamped on 

 the Common, while digging trenches. It was excavated in 1837 by 

 Mr. F. C. Lukis, and the numerous vases and other objects found in 

 it are now in the Lukis Museum. (98.) 



Dolmen, La Mare aux Mauves. — This dolmen stands in the 

 centre of the flat plain to the east of the hill of La Varde. It is 

 completely ruined, and all that remains is what seems to have been 

 a side chamber, covered with a capstone, and a few isolated stones. 

 The site was excavated by Mr. F. C. Lukis in 1837, and again in 



(1) Information given the Rev. G. E. Lee and myself in 1911 by an old man 

 named Etienne Falla. 



(2) Report on the Present State of the Prehistoric Remains of the Channel 

 Islands in 1870. S, P. Oliver. 



(3) Transactions. Guernsey Society of Natural Science, &c, 1911, pp. 400-414. 



