After recent incidents at Faldouet and Le Couperon de Rozel, G4S contacted the sites’ owners, the Société Jersiaise, to offer their help at no cost to the voluntary organisation.
The Faldouet dolmen, one of the most significant in Jersey, was drilled into by vandals who stole its quartz crystals, while holes were dug into the ground at the Rozel monument.
Five years ago the dolmen at Mont Ubé in St Clement was defaced with graffiti.
Michael Bates, operations manager at G4S, said they were shocked when they heard about the vandalism at Faldouet and wanted to help.
‘The Société Jersiaise carries out very important work in preserving our history and historic sites for future generations and we wanted to do what we could to assist in preserving these ancient monuments without creating a financial burden on the Société.
‘G4S are proud to be able to help secure these sites to ensure they remain accessible to the public, now and in the future,’ Mr Bates said.
Under the agreement, G4S will monitor a number of sites – including the two which were damaged and the Grantez dolmen in St Ouen – and involve the police, if necessary.
The firm will also erect signs as a ‘gentle reminder’ of their presence.
All these sites are open to the public free of charge and maintained by the Société Jersiaise, the non-profit organisation set up in 1873 by a group concerned to preserve the history and heritage of the Island. It purchased a number of sites, including La Cotte de St Brelade and La Hougue Bie, as well as most of the Island’s dolmens.
The Société Jersiaise’s new president, Nicky Westwood, who took over earlier this month from Alastair Best, said that they wanted to express their thanks to G4S for their support.
‘We hope this will be the end of a flagrant disregard for the integrity and historical importance of these sites.
‘Any provenance lost now is lost to the generations to come. These sites are our heritage, and are there for everyone to enjoy,’ Ms Westwood said.
