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Equinox at La Hougue Bie.

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Can you see the face in the rock at Le Pinacle?  Find out about this ancient and impressive place in our armchair tour of the Island’s spiritual landscape.

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Visit Les Monts Grantez and find out what was found in this ancient site and why people still leave offerings today.

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The Great, Little and Broken Menhirs & The Ossuray

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Jersey Heritage Spiritual Landscape: Audio Tour 1 - Le Mont Ubé Dolmen

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A SPIRITUAL TOUR
We’ve been back to our archive of talks and tours and in this series of armchair tours, take a closer look at the Island's spiritual heritage. In the first episode discover the story of  Le Mont Ubé, one of the Island's ancient Dolmen.

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Visit to La Hougue Bie - a Neolithic Passage Grave and a replica Neolithic Longhouse.

School visits with a Jersey Heritage Education Officer to La Hougue Bie will generally last up to 2 hours.

They will include:

Handling objects from the three ages of the Stone Age and a general introduction to the topic

Guided visit inside the Passage Grave dolmen

Guided tour of the Neolithic Longhouse

Hands-on Neolithic craft activities including quern grinding, axe polishing and wattle panel weaving.

These are free to local schools.

To book a session, please email education@jerseyheritage.org

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We have loan boxes available for Stone Age. These are free to borrow.

Please email education@jerseyheritage.org

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View the Longhouse and dolmen with a virtual tour - see inside and see the Longhouse Volunteers demonstrating their Neolithic crafts.

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La Hougue Bie - Neolithic Longhouse & Dolmen

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Breathtaking and baffling. La Hougue Bie’s equinox

How and why did the builders of the passage grave at La Hougue Bie orientate their remarkable structure to capture the sun at the equinox? We will never know. But, thanks to them, and if the skies are clear, the phenomenon still amazes those who witness it in spring and autumn…

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Fire lighting using prehistoric tools and techniques Dr James Dilley of Ancient Craft at Neolithic Longhouse at La Hougue Bie

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Making stone tools from prehistory with flintknapping by Dr James Dilley of Ancient Craft at La Hougue Bie

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Materials used and made in Neolithic Age

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What different materials were used during the Neolithic Age by Dr James Dilley of Ancient Craft at Neolithic Longhouse at La Hougue Bie

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Facebook live recorded in lockdown about the introduction to Stone Age including the Neolithic Age.

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Neolithic Times - 5 Things You Should Know - History for Kids

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This Jadeite ring is relatively small in size, but huge for impact. It is a ring made from Jadeite, a rock sourced from Mount Viso in the Alps. The rock is form a place difficult to get to, difficult to quarry and difficult to polish. This object would have travelled through communities and passed between people, which demonstrates that the Neolithic world was interconnected and that people moved around. This would have been a ceremonial or ritual object and whilst we do not know the precise use or importance, we do know that it must have been incredibly important to the Neolithic people. It is currently on display at the Jersey Museum.

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Jadeite axes are extremely rare and we know that in Jersey we have a remarkable number of them.  We don't know why there are so many in Jersey but it shows that the Neolithic people attached importance to objects beyond practical use and would have used them for rituals, ceremonies or trade.  These objects would have travelled thousands of miles before ending up in Jersey.

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This polished stone axe was made in the Austrian Alps about 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period. The beauty of the green stone (Jadeite) meant that it was highly valued as a trade object. It was found in Jersey about 1,000 miles from where it was made. Although stone axes were produced locally, about one in three axes found in the island from this period had been brought over and some island made axes have been found in England, indicating the extent of these Neolithic trade routes. Obviously it was not only tools that were carried by traders, ideas were also spread this way.

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This polished stone axe was made in the Austrian Alps about 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period. The beauty of the green stone (Jadeite) meant that it was highly valued as a trade object. It was found in Jersey about 1,000 miles from where it was made.

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Powerpoint about the dolmens around Jersey

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Flint Knapping at La Hougue Bie by James Dilley

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How To Make Prehistoric Pottery | Stone Age Technology

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How To Make A Carved Stone Ball | Stone Age Technology

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What Did the Stonehenge Builders Eat? Feast! Livestream

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Photo of the front of the Neolithic Longhouse

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Jersey Teachers - if you would like a free pre-visit to the site, please email us to arrange

education@jerseyheritage.org

You are more than welcome to take a teacher-led tour of the site and if you require any information, please drop us an email.

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We have a Museums in Schools Box available on the Stone Age. Museums in Schools is a project supported by Ogiers, which allows artefacts to come into your school for pupils to see objects up close.

You can request to have the Stone Age replica artefact box in your school as a classroom resource - free of charge. Please email education@jerseyheritage.org to book the box.

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We have available for pupils and teachers:

Sensory backpack (with timers, fidget toys and ear defenders)

Visual / Sensory Story if required

Photo tour - guided tour information with photos of the site and brief info

Teachers information / lesson plan

Free Pre-visit for teacher if needed

Virtual Tour of the Dolmen interior

Please email education@jerseyheritage.org for more information or to book a pre-visit

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