Summary : A passage grave, moved from Mount De La Ville, St Helier, Jersey in 1788 and re-erected on this site as a garden feature. Field investigations carried out in 1986 found it to be situated on an open lawn, 50 metres from Temple Combe house, surrounded by a rockery in a narrow band of heathers, enhanced by floodlights. It is in good condition and apparently unaltered since its erection in 1788. |
More information : [SU 7796 8140] The Druid's Temple [T.I.] (1) "Communal Burial Chamber. Passage Grave."Originally situated on Mont de la Ville, St. Helier, Jersey, this prehistoric monument, uncovered in 1785, was given to Marshal Conway, Governor of Jersey, and transported to England in 1788. It was re-erected "on a lawn to the west of 'Temple Coombe', a mansion on the Park Place estate ... Although no doubt much care was taken in this work the various accounts and plans vary in orientation and detail ..." See AO/60/104/526. (2) Still extant: fair condition. (3) The plan and description in Authy.2. are accurate. The published survey, O.S.25", 1962, has been revised. (4) (SU 77958140) The Druids Temple (NAT) Passage Grave (NR) (removed from Jersey, 1788) (NAT) (5) Locally known as 'The Druids Temple, the passage grave is on an open lawn, 50m from the new house of 'Temple Combe'. The monument is surrounded by a few rockery stones in a narrow band of heathers, enhanced by floodlights, but conforms to Smallcombe's plan and full description in authy 2. It is in good condition and apparently unaltered since its erection in 1788. (6)
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