Guernsey, just offshore from Normandy and Brittany, is well-placed for investigations into the interaction of mainland developments and insular effects (Fig. I). I t has had a long and distinguished history of archaeological enquiry going back to the work of the remarkable Lukis family (Kendrick, @ Burns, 1981). 1928, 99-103). Kendrick's own synthesis provided an excellent basis for further research. In 1978 a new megalithic site was discovered on L'Ancresse Common and was excavated by Dr Ian Kinnes of the Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities in the British Museum. Dr Kinnes here summarizes his excavations in three seasons' work between 1979 and 1981 and sets this new site in its European context (Kinnes

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SummaryA multiple round barrow with three ditches and a double circle of stakes. The first phase was a bowl barrow with a buried inner ditch and a Beaker primary accompanied by a fine group of grave goods; the second phase was a ditchless refurbishing with a stake revetted mound for a cremation; the third phase was a bell barrow with an outer bank for an unaccompanied inhumation. There were at least twenty-two inhumations and one cremation interred over a time span of the order of 350 years.

Radiocarbon dates are presented for distinctive types of British Late Neolithic pottery, identifying questions which cannot yet be resolved.