Le Couperon Dolmen
Le Couperon Passage Grave · St Martin Couperon
Middle Neolithic·Jersey Gallery Grave·🇯🇪 St Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands, Jersey
About
About Le Couperon Dolmen
Coastal gallery grave at Le Couperon near Gorey, St Martin, Jersey, built c.3500–3250 BCE, with a long capstone-covered gallery 6×1.5 m set within a 15 m mound remnant. Fallen and restored in 1919, it stands metres from the 1689 Le Couperon guardhouse and coastal battery, creating a layered defensive-ritual coastline. One of Jersey's most photographed gallery graves.
Why it mattersCoastal gallery grave at Le Couperon near Gorey, St Martin, Jersey, built c.3500–3250 BCE, with a long capstone-covered gallery 6×1.5 m set within a 15 m mound remnant. Fallen and restored in 1919, it stands metres from
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 011919 reconstruction fidelity
Theories
- 01Coastal guardhouse 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. 3500–3250 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic
- Culture
- Jersey Gallery Grave
- Purpose
- Gallery grave with long capstones
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3500–3250 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1357 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
49.2322° N · 2.0505° W · 20 m · 2 mapped features
Gallery chamber
galleryLong gallery 6×1.5 m with side walls and capstones, 1919 restored
49.2322° N · 2.0505° WMound remnant
cairn moundRemains of 15 m mound around gallery
49.2322° N · 2.0505° W
Gallery