Join the Société Jersiaise and Heritage to Adult ...... £9.25 celebrate the European Day of Megalithic Senior 65+ ...... £8.05 Culture at La Hougue Bie. Student 16+ ...... £5.90 Child 6-16 ...... £5.90 Either follow our walk from or make Family 2 adults + 2 children ...... £27.20 your own way to La Hougue Bie and enjoy the activities on offer: FREE ENTRY for Société Jersiaise and members. • Full access to the , chapels and museum gallery Open from 10:00-17:00 • See the Neolithic longhouse project See jerseyheritage.org for more information and discount offers. • Food preparation and grain grinding • Shell jewellery making Société Jersiaise • Spinning and textiles 7 Pier Road, • Make your own clay pot St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4XW Tel: +44 (0)1534 758314 • Volunteer tour guide talks Email: [email protected] www.societe-jersiaise.org The Jersey Heritage Jersey Museum, The Weighbridge, European St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3NG Day of Tel: +44 (0)1534 853 823 Email: [email protected] Megalithic www.jerseyheritage.org

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The Société Jersiaise is a member of the Council of Europe’s European Route of Megalithic Culture. Find out more at megalithicroutes.eu Follow in the footsteps of our Neolithic ancestors from Le Hocq to La Hougue Bie Download the walking route at: goo.gl/maps/NNjmMpNa9Mk Sunday 29th April 2018 This walk is not guided, please use caution The huge stones used to construct the passage walking on the roads. Distance 4.4km with grave at La Hougue Bie were sourced from some uphill sections, duration 1hr. different places on the island and transported here. • Begin at St Clement’s Parish Hall, Le Hocq There are 6 granite used in the • Head east on La Grande Route de la Côte construction of La Hougue Bie that originated at Le Hocq. The biggest is the capstone above • Turn left onto Rue du Hocq the entrance that measures 2.1m x 1m x 1.1m • Continue onto Rue du Pignon and weighs about 6.3 tonnes. • Turn left onto Rue de Genestet How heavy is 6.3 tonnes? It’s the equivalent of 1 adult woolly mammoth, or 4 cars, or • Turn right onto Rue au Blancq 16 Jersey cows. • Turn left onto Les Huriaux We don’t know for certain how our Neolithic • Turn right onto La Rue Soulas ancestors moved the stones from their coastal • Turn left onto La Rue à Don quarries inland to La Hougue Bie. The stones • Turn right onto La Rue de Radier from Le Hocq were moved 4.4 km uphill from the beach to 90m above sea level, approximately • Continue onto Le Boulivot de Bas along the route that you are walking. • Slight right onto Boulivot de Haut Can you think of ways to transport a stone • Turn left onto La Rue de la Parade/Le Coin weighing 6.3 tonnes using only what’s available du Boulivot in the natural landscape around you? • Continue to follow La Rue de la Parade • Slight right onto La Petite Rue du Nord • Turn left onto La Route de Francheville • Slight right onto Princes Tower Rd • Turn left onto Rte de la Hougue Bie/B28 • Turn left into La Hougue Bie Museum and join the celebrations!