Ancient Jersey · 12 places
Faldouet Dolmen
The stone roofing the end chamber weighs around 24 tonnes and is rhyolite, which does not occur here — the nearest outcrop is half a kilometre to the north.
- Parish
- St Martin
- Type
- Neolithic site
- Rarity
- Rare
- Tide
- Not tidal
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The story
The stone roofing the end chamber weighs around 24 tonnes and is rhyolite, which does not occur here — the nearest outcrop is half a kilometre to the north. Getting it into position is the single most impressive fact about the site. Beyond a passage of about five metres lies a large circular chamber, edged by three small side chambers and two stone cists, with the capstoned end chamber past that. A rubble mound once covered the whole monument, leaving only that top stone in the open. Excavated in 1839, 1868 and 1910, the last of these by the Société Jersiaise, La Pouquelaye de Faldouet is one of two monuments on Jersey aligned with the solar equinox.
