La Varde Dolmen
L'Autel de la Varde · La Varde Passage Grave
Middle Neolithic·Guernsey Passage Grave·🇬🇬 L'Ancresse Common, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Guernsey
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About La Varde Dolmen
Guernsey's largest megalithic passage grave on L'Ancresse Common, Vale, built c.4000–3500 BCE. The 10×3 m chamber with side chambers and a 3 m passage is capped by the region's heaviest capstone. Free, open access on the common's golf-adjacent heath, it exemplifies the Channel Islands' large passage graves parallel to Brittany's.
Why it mattersGuernsey's largest megalithic passage grave on L'Ancresse Common, Vale, built c.4000–3500 BCE. The 10×3 m chamber with side chambers and a 3 m passage is capped by the region's heaviest capstone. Free, open access on the
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Heaviest capstone transport
Theories
- 01Common as ritual landscape
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000–3500 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Guernsey Passage Grave
- Purpose
- Passage grave with side chambers
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 4000–3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1117 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
49.4972° N · 2.5215° W · 15 m · 2 mapped features
Main passage grave chamber
chamber10×3 m chamber with side cells and 3 m passage, heaviest capstone in Guernsey
49.4972° N · 2.5215° WSide chambers
side chamberLateral side chambers off main chamber
49.4972° N · 2.5215° W
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