 Herm was first found in the Mesolithic period ( between 10 @,@ 000 and 8 @,@ 000 B.C ) , when hunters were in search of food . In the Neolithic and Bronze ages , settlers arrived ; the remains of chamber tombs have been found on the island , and may be seen today ; specifically on the Common , and the Petit and Grand Monceau ; it has been suggested that the northern end of the island , i.e. the Common , was set apart for burials . After a three @-@ year project by the University of Durham , supported by specialists from the University of Cambridge , the University of Oxford , and the Guernsey museum , they stated that the " density of tombs suggests that the northern end of Herm may have been a place set apart for funerary activity " . 
