1921.] LIST OF DOLMENS, MENHIRS, ETC. 61 



with them; also Major Carey Curtis for the map of Guernsey 

 showing the sites of dolmens, menhirs and Holy Wells. 



Note I. 



Ceremonies connected with stones during the triennial 

 procession of La Chevauchee de Saint Michel. 



Besides the dancing of the " pions " round the menhirs 

 of "La Roque es Faies" and "La Roque Pointue," and the 

 use of that of " Le Perron du Roi " as a mounting block, the 

 Chevauchee, when it reached Perelle Bay, had to march in 

 solemn procession round a stone which stood in a field called 

 " La Biloterie " on the opposite side of the road to the beach. 

 It was a small boulder two feet high, which has now entirely 

 disappeared under a mass of shingle. The procession then 

 went on to Les Jenemies, at Mont Saint, where at the door 

 of the old house was another small boulder two feet high 

 by two feet round, which was also used as a mounting block. 

 By immemorial custom this stone on the approach of the 

 " Chevauchee' ' had to be rolled inside the building. 



On their visit to the King's Mills, after having set the 

 mill in motion, the miller placed himself on a large flat stone 

 which stood in the courtyard in front of the mill and the 

 procession made a tour round him. The stone "must 

 formerly have been a boundary stone and its sanctity may 

 be inferred from the fact that though it quite blocked the 

 way to the door, nevertheless, flat though it was, no cart 

 might go over it, but had to back round to discharge its 

 freight. "<» 



Note IL 



LES VAROUFS. 



Fields bearing the name of "Le Courtil Varouf," 

 "Varou" and "Variouf," are so often found in Guernsey 

 near the sites of dolmens and menhirs, or of prominent rocks, 

 that one is almost led to' suppose there must have been some 

 connection between the two. We find " Les Courtils 

 Variouf" adjoining to the West the Foulon-Fauconnaires 

 croup of dolmens and menhirs. Then at St. Martin's we 

 have " Les Vauriouf s " lying to the west of " La Roque 

 Hamelin," "Le Vaurouf" adjoining "Le Courtil de la 

 Roque " between Calais and La Bouvee and another field 

 of the same name close to "La Ronde Roque" near Icart. 

 In the Forest we find "Le desert des Variouvez," not far 

 from the menhirs of "Le Perron du Roi" and "La Roque 



m Miss E. F. Carey, La Chevauchee de St. Michel, Transactions, Guernsey 

 Society of Natural Science and Research, 1915, p. 247. 



