Local History

From L'Ancresse Common in the North to Lihou island headland in the south Guernsey's landscape is dotted with sets of granite stones that form ancient burial places.

Commonly known as 'dolmens' they are actually ancient passage graves from the neolithic and megalithic periods of history (dolmens technically refer to the standing stones of the same time, some of which are also visible in Guernsey).

Most of these graves are located around the Braye Du Valle area to the north of the island, however, others appear on headlands down the west coast.

As they are so old very little is known of the people who constructed them, or their customs, much like Stonehenge in England.

None the less the sites have consistently featured in local life from folkloric stories of witches using them as meeting places to more recent archaeological excavations.