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Archaeology is promoted in Jersey by the Société Jersiaise [1] and by Jersey Heritage. [2] Promotion in the Bailiwick of Guernsey being undertaken by La Société Guernesiaise, Guernsey Museums, the Alderney Society with World War II work also undertaken by Festung Guernsey.
The island of Guernsey contains two sculpted menhirs of great archaeological interest, while the dolmen known as L'Autel du Dehus contains a dolmen deity known as Le Gardien du Tombeau. [ 2 ] The Roman occupation of western Europe induced people to flee, including to the Channel Islands where a number of hoards have been found, including the ...
The list of hoards in the Channel Islands comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and associated smaller islands).
The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy. [18] About the year 1030, the fleet of Robert, Duke of Normandy, which was to support the claim of his cousins Alfred and Edward to the English crown against Canute, was scattered by a storm, and was driven down the Channel to ...
In 1913 the various branches of activity were formalised into 'sections', amongst the first being Archaeology and History. The Section structure still exists and now comprise some 15 sections. From its inception the Société engaged in archaeological work at numerous sites around the island; most importantly beginning work at La Cotte de St ...
Rescue services are assisted by Jersey Coastguard, there is the Guernsey Ambulance and Rescue Service with their Flying Christine III, a Channel Islands Air Search plane and the use of a private helicopter. French and British military and rescue services work together with Island-based facilities in saving lives at sea.
Channel Islands in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms; Channel Islands Occupation Society; Channel Islands Stock Exchange; Channel Islands Witch Trials; Chapel of St Apolline, Guernsey; Chief Minister of Guernsey; Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities; Civilian life under the German occupation of the Channel Islands; Clameur de haro
The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: Bailliage dé Guernési) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, comprising several of the Channel Islands. It has a total land area of 78 square kilometres (30 sq mi) and an estimated total population of 67,334.