La Hougue Bie (within parish boundary area often associated with Grouville/St Saviour)

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La Hougue Bie is a prehistoric Neolithic passage grave and ritual site in Jersey, notable as one of the best-preserved and most impressive megalithic monuments in Western Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic passage grave ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
megalithic monument ⓘ
category Archaeological sites in Jersey ⓘ
Megalithic monuments in Europe ⓘ
country Jersey ⓘ
culturalRegion Western Europe ⓘ
excavated 20th century ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists in Jersey ⓘ
function burial monument ⓘ
ceremonial site ⓘ
hasFeature chambered tomb ⓘ
megalithic stones ⓘ
stone passage ⓘ
hasInterpretation exhibitions on Jersey archaeology ⓘ
exhibitions on Neolithic life ⓘ
hasOnSite museum ⓘ
visitor centre ⓘ
hasOnTop Jerusalem chapel ⓘ
Notre Dame de la Clarté chapel ⓘ
medieval chapel ⓘ
hasStructureType earthen mound ⓘ
passage grave ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed site in Jersey ⓘ
heritageSignificance one of the best-preserved Neolithic passage graves in Western Europe ⓘ
one of the most impressive megalithic monuments in Western Europe ⓘ
locatedIn Channel Islands ⓘ
Jersey ⓘ
locatedNear Grouville ⓘ
St Saviour, Jersey ⓘ
locatedOn island of Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey
managedBy Jersey Heritage ⓘ
material earth ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableFor complex ritual use ⓘ
long stone passage ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
state of preservation ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf La Hougue Bie Museum and site complex ⓘ
region Parish of Grouville ⓘ
Parish of St Saviour ⓘ
timePeriod Neolithic ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor burial ⓘ
ritual purposes ⓘ

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Parish of St. Martin, Jersey → contains → La Hougue Bie (within parish boundary area often associated with Grouville/St Saviour) ⓘ