La Hougue Bie is a historic site, with museum, in the Jersey parish of Grouville. La Hougue Bie is depicted on the 2010 issue Jersey 1 pound note.
Hougue is a Jèrriais/Cotentin variant form of the more common Norman form Hogue. It means "heap", "how", mound" and comes from the Old Norse word haugr meaning about the same thing. Bie is of uncertain origin. The legend of La Hougue Bie connects it with the Seigneur of Hambye in the Cotentin; an Old Norse origin may connect it to -by toponyms in Great Britain; or it may be connected to the Jèrriais word bié .. There are several hamlets called La Bie in Normandy , Grumesnil), that is never confused with Le Bié . La Hougue Bie refers probably to "a building on the earth mound".
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Grouville, United Kingdom
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Discover the most beautiful and popular attractions in the area, carefully bundled in appropriate selections.
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