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2027 Ancient Islands of the Mediterranean: Gozo, Malta and Sicily
18 - 29 June 2027
JICAS 2023 Island Archaeology Field School, La Hougue de Vinde, Noirmont
The Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies returned to La Hougue de Vinde, Noirmont, this summer as part of its 2023 Island Archaeology Field School. Led by Dr Helen Dawson (Freie Universität Berlin, Università di Bologna), Dr Hervé Duval-Gatignol (Société Jersiaise), and with Dr Matt Pope (University College London) acting as scientific advisor, this year’s excavation was undertaken to better understand the site and how it relates to other megalithic monuments on the island, but also to bring awareness of this little-known site to islanders who often visit the area. The site had fallen into a state of neglect, perhaps due to its location, nestled back into the SSI and out of immediate eyesight, and damaged considerably by mountain bikers who have used it as a ramp and metal detectorists illegally looking for finds, despite the site having the highest degree of protection, being a Grade 1 Listed Place.
La Hougue de Vinde is a circular tumulus bearing similarities to the cist-in-circle series which is dated approximately to the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (circa 2850-2250 BC). The cist-in-circle tumulus series represents a burial tradition that is thought to have developed in Jersey with similar examples also found in Guernsey, Alderney, and Herm.