Editing Guernsey (section)

===Early history===
Around 6000&nbsp;BC, rising seas created the [[English Channel]] and separated the [[Normandy|Norman]] [[Promontory|promontories]] that became the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey from [[continental Europe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Cotte Cave, St Brelade |url=http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/lacotte1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323050028/http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/lacotte1.htm |archive-date=23 March 2008 |access-date=10 October 2007 |publisher=Société Jersiaise}}</ref> [[Neolithic]] farmers then settled on its coast and built the [[dolmen]]s and [[menhir]]s found in the islands today, providing evidence of human presence dating back to around 5000 BC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guernsey Attractions – Ancient Monuments |url=http://www.islandlife.org/ancient_monuments_gsy.htm |access-date=24 November 2017 |website=Island Life}}</ref>

Evidence of Roman settlements on the island, and the discovery of [[amphora]]e from the [[Herculaneum]] area and Spain, show evidence of an intricate trading network with regional and long-distance trade.<ref>{{harvnb|Sebire|2005|p=107}}</ref> Buildings found in La Plaiderie, [[Saint Peter Port|St. Peter Port]] dating from 100 to 400 AD appear to be warehouses.<ref>{{harvnb|Sebire|2005|p=110}}</ref> The earliest evidence of shipping was the discovery of a wreck of a ship in [[Saint Peter Port Harbour|St Peter Port harbour]], which has been named ''Asterix''. It is thought to be a 3rd-century Roman cargo vessel and was probably at anchor or grounded when a fire broke out.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2012 |title=Gallo-Roman Ship |url=http://museums.gov.gg/romanship |access-date=22 November 2017 |website=Guernsey Museums & Galleries}}</ref> Travelling from the [[Kingdom of Gwent]], Saint [[Samson of Dol|Sampson]], later the abbot of [[Dol-de-Bretagne|Dol]] in [[Brittany]], is credited with the introduction of [[Christianity]] to Guernsey.<ref name="HoG">{{Cite book |last=Marr |first=James |title=The History of Guernsey – The Bailiwick's Story |date=2001 |publisher=The Guernsey Press |isbn=978-0953916610}}</ref>