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[[File:Assize d'Heritage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|An 1893 painting of the ''Assize d'Heritage'' by [[John St Helier Lander]]]]
 
Humans have lived on the island since at least 1200012,000 BCE, with evidence of habitation in the [[Paleolithic|Palaeolithic]] period ([[La Cotte de St Brelade]]) and [[Neolithic]] dolmens, such as [[La Hougue Bie]]. Evidence of [[Bronze Age]] and early [[Iron Age]] settlements can be found in many locations around the island.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cunliffe |first=Barry |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780198143857 |title=The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1994 |isbn=0198143850 |location=Oxford |url-access=registration}}</ref>
 
[[Archaeological]] evidence of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] influence has been found, in particular at [[Les Landes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countryside Character Appraisal – Character Area A1: North Coast Heathland |url=https://www.gov.je/PlanningEnvironment/Planning/Island+Plan+and+Other+Policy+Guidance/Countryside+Character+Appraisal/Character+Area+A1+North+Coast+Heathland.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319015642/http://www.gov.je/PlanningEnvironment/Planning/Island%2BPlan%2Band%2BOther%2BPolicy%2BGuidance/Countryside%2BCharacter%2BAppraisal/Character%2BArea%2BA1%2BNorth%2BCoast%2BHeathland.htm |archive-date=19 March 2016 |access-date=6 October 2006 |publisher=[[States of Jersey]]}}</ref> Christianity was brought to the island by migrants from Brittany in c. fifth - sixth century CE.<ref name="BHJ8">{{cite book |last=Syvret |first=Marguerite |title=Balleine's History of Jersey |date=2011 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-1860776502}}</ref> In the sixth century, the island's patron saint [[Helier]] lived at the Hermitage on L'Islet (now [[Elizabeth Castle]]). Legend states that Helier was beheaded by raiders and subsequently lifted his head and walked to shore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ST HELIER: THE MAN AND THE MYTH |url=https://members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/sthelier4.htm |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=members.societe-jersiaise.org |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818165438/https://members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/sthelier4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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