Jersey - La Hougue Bie

Inland from Gorey is Jersey's principal tourist "sight" - La Hougue Bie, a large burial mound topped by two chapels, the Norman chapel of Notre Dame de Clarté (12th C.) and the Jerusalem Chapel erected in 1520 by Dean Mabon. The crypt of the latter contains a replica of the tomb of Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Excavation of the mound in 1924 revealed one of the largest passage graves in Europe, probably dating from the late Iron Age or Bronze Age (2000 B.C. or earlier) and built from stones weighing between 25 and 30 tons. It consists of a passage 46ft/14m long, an oval chamber almost 6ft/2m high, and three side chambers, all constructed of undressed granite slabs. When archaeologists opened the grave