Les Platons Dolmen
Les Platons Passage Grave · Trinity Dolmen Jersey
Early Neolithic·Jersey Passage Grave·🇯🇪 Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands, Jersey
About
About Les Platons Dolmen
Inland passage grave on Les Platons hill in Trinity parish, Jersey's highest point area, built c.3800–3500 BCE. The dolmen with splayed chamber and passage is associated with the hill's later 18th-century signal station. Its inland upland siting contrasts with coastal tombs like Le Couperon, showing Jersey's full island distribution of passage graves from coast to interior.
Why it mattersInland passage grave on Les Platons hill in Trinity parish, Jersey's highest point area, built c.3800–3500 BCE. The dolmen with splayed chamber and passage is associated with the hill's later 18th-century signal station.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Inland versus coastal tomb distribution
Theories
- 01Les Platons signal station layering
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. 3800–3500 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic
- Culture
- Jersey Passage Grave
- Purpose
- Upland passage grave
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3800–3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1095 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
49.2335° N · 2.0915° W · 95 m · 2 mapped features
Chamber and passage
chamberSplayed chamber with short passage, capstone remains
49.2335° N · 2.0915° WHilltop location
hilltopPosition on Les Platons hill, Jersey's highest vicinity
49.2335° N · 2.0915° W