Members of the organisation have said they hope that Jersey’s membership of the Council of Europe’s Route of Megalithic Culture will spark a renewed enthusiasm for Jersey’s dolmen sites.
Formed in 2004, the European-based council is made up of countries including England, Sweden, Denmark and Germany, which share a rich heritage of ‘dolmen culture’. It aims to implement an international plan to provide tourism activities related to ‘megalithic cultures’.
The Société has now formed a working group to ‘achieve set targets’ to improve how Jersey’s megalithic heritage is presented and accessed.
Rosalind Le Quesne, assistant archaeologist for the Société Jersiaise and a member of the working group, said: ‘It’s great for little Jersey to get recognised in the bigger picture of cultural heritage. This will give us more international prominence.’
Ms Le Quesne’s working group colleagues are Marc Yates, archaeology section member and founder of History Alive!, Olga Finch, curator of archaeology for Jersey Heritage and Rod McLaughlin, cultural development officer for the Economic Development Department.
Targets that have been agreed by the team include raising the international profile of Jersey’s megalithic culture, building connections between Jersey’s heritage and tourism industries, and updating all the existing signage and gallery display of dolmen finds at La Hougue Bie museum.
