La Hougue Bie tour
I had such a mesmerising experience on our visit to La Hougue Bie We started at the Long-House, it was the first ever house that that was built well in the Neolithic times. It also was insulated because the walls were made from clay. At the end of the Long-House it was darker than the rest of the house so they put their animals there as they were valuable to their survival. They also had a campfire inside where they cooked their food. They used a special type of flint rock with a dent in it called a quern. People used it to grind their food like wheat and other grains. They ground the grains and added water to make a dough then they raked it on a stick and cooked it under the fire. Another amazing feature was this big hill/ mound made from small rocks. The Neolithic people were very smart and advanced in their architectural abilities and not primitive as they are often regarded in modern day. They lined their structure so perfectly so that on every equinox in March on that very day the sun would light up the whole cave, this monument was also a place of worship where they placed people when they died which showed elements of reverence. The Neolithic people believed in the afterlife so they would put food with the deceased people to bring with them in the afterlife. Scientists have placed human bones , food and artefacts there.
Gabriela
La Hougue Bie
La Hogue Bie is an amazing place where you can learn about how Neolithic people made a Long House, passage grave and their crops! They use querns to make their breakfast. They used wheat from their crops to make bread.
The passage grave is made out of orthostats (base stones) and capstones to create tombs and bury dead people. When someone died, they would have a box of their things that no one could touch so they would bring what they felt they would need for their second life to be prepared. They did not have any electricity, so they used the sun and moon to wake up and go to bed which had spiritual significance. The passage grave had lots of stones and two wings (the sides opening) and that is where they would go to stay when it was really windy. I didn’t really enjoy it as there were lots of spiders hiding away in the corner!
Skyla: Seymour
