Ville-ès-Nouaux

Neolithic site in Saint Helier, Jersey
  • Dolmen
  • Stone circle
HistoryPeriodsNeolithic / Bronze Age

Ville-ès-Nouaux is a Neolithic site, located in the parish of Saint Helier on the island of Jersey. It consists of a gallery tomb and a dolmen surrounded by a stone circle.

The complex dates back to the late Neolithic period (2800–2000 BC).[1] The gallery tomb, with the entrance facing south, is 5.8 meters long. Inside, ceramic vessels were found, including goblets and bowls, as well as an archery plate.[2] Dolmen is surrounded by a stone circle measuring 6.4 × 5.8 m[2] and consists of a small chamber measuring 1.2 × 1 m and only 0.3 m high, covered with a stone slab supported by four load-bearing boulders.[1] During the archaeological excavations carried out in 1883, only a few flint chips were found inside the dolmen.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Heather Sebire (2005). The Archaeology and Early History of the Channel Islands. Stroud: Tempus. p. 85. ISBN 0-7524-3449-7.
  2. ^ a b Aubrey Burl (2005). A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-300-11406-0.