Although they are termed "passage graves", they were ceremonial sites, whose function was more similar to churches or cathedrals, where burials were incidental.

Although many passage graves showed evidence of continued activity into the Late Neolithic period, La Hougue Bie was abandoned before that time.

This building complex has been altered a great deal through its history – including being engulfed for a period by the Prince’s Tower.

[11] During the Second World War, it was used as a key lookout point, and an underground command bunker was built in the mound and adjacent.

This structure is open to the public, and houses an exhibition commemorating the workers from across Europe forced to build defences in Jersey during the German occupation.