5,000 Years Of History

[debris4spike]

As I have said, I went to Jersey for a weeks holiday - mostly to do with the Occupation during WWII. For those who don't know, Germans landed on The Channel Islands in June 1940, and did not leave until 9th May 1945 (and again, if you don't know, WWII in Europe ended on the 8th)

However as it's a small island many of the sites that the Germans turned into gun emplacments (etc) were used before.

On one of the days we went to La Hougue Bie, which has a Neolithic Long Grave, and a replica Long House, a 12th Century Chapel as well as German Bunkers, which are now set up as a memorial to the many thousands of slave workers that were used by the Germans to dig all the tunnels. There is also an archeology museum (and we had a talk from the 2 manin archeologists, as a bonus)

The Chapel on top of the long grave ... a visitor, and the view inside





Bronze dagger - 1st century



Entrance to the bunker and the Long House





Inside the bunker

One of the many displays



On another day we had a lunch break at St Aubib, which meant I wandered around as this is where Mum & Dad had their honeymoon in 1952. I had tried to find their hotel, but apparently it doesn't exist any more (the name no longer exists on records 😒). But it was nice to see the town in general -










These houses looked a lot like the photo of where Mum & Dad stayed -

Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

What a fascinating place and it's lovely, too.

[debris4spike]

Oh I have had a fascinating time - so much to see and learn

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - the long house ones are really interesting - and the town ones are lovely.

[debris4spike]

We saw a documentary film on the making of that log house, and it was made using totally authentic methods

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing your photos. Sounds like an interesting place. (I read earlier today that Jersey is almost twice as big with the tide out as with the tide in. Were the photos of the boats high and dry when the tide was out?)

[debris4spike]

Oh I have had a fascinating time - so much to see and learn

Well I hadn't read that but as you look at the photos you see that the tides do drop down a long way ... yes, those boats are technically in a harbour