🇺🇸 United States · Megalith
Watson Brake Mound — Ohio Valley (Chillicothe)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Watson Brake Mound in Ohio Valley, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
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CategoriesMegaliths
Stone circles, dolmens, menhirs and passage tombs raised without metal tools.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB / Tragtbægerkultur)
Danish cemetery of three dolmens and passage grave plus timber cult house showing Funnel Beaker evolution, c.3200 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Watson Brake Mound in Ohio Valley, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Megalith
Period Medieval · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Kurgan Field Asia 52 — Mongolia Region 4 in Mongolia Region 4, Mongolia is a Bronze Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Hebridean Late Neolithic
Cruciform setting: central circle 13 m diameter with 4.8 m monolith and avenues N,S,E,W. Most prominent of 19 Callanish sites on ridge above Loch Roag. Potential lunar standstill alignment.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–3500 BCE) largest Iberian dolmen · Alentejo Neolithic megalithic Zambujeiro builder lineage
Anta Grande Henriksson and earlier 1965, 4000 BCE largest Iberia.
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
La Venta Outlier in Atacama, Chile is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Alentejo-Extremadura Megalithic
Large Extremadura passage dolmen with 4.5 m granite orthostats and 14 m corridor near Mérida, c.3500 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Lepsius Mound Outlier in Chancay, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Tepe Sialk Platform A in Saqqara, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Ming Dynasty 1372–1540 CE (major 1484 rebuild) · Ming Han Chinese
Ming western gateway fortress (1372–1540) on Hexi Corridor terminus of Great Wall, 33,500 m² bastioned rammed-earth and brick rectangle abutting Qilian foothills and Black Mountain gorge.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE earliest Almendres 6000 alley; cromlech 5000 BCE) · Alentejo Neolithic Almendres (Cardial) and later
Almendres Gromlech Sofia's largest Iberian, 6000 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari → Inca → Neo-Inca 1200–1572 CE · Neo-Inca (Manco Inca)
Last Neo-Inca capital 1536–1572, 12 ha jungle city.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Talayotic Iron Age (1000–300 BCE taula peak 800 BCE) · Balearic Talayotic taula builders (Menorca)
Menorca taulas 3.8 m T-shape Talayotic iron.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Eastern Ganga 1243–1255 CE · Odia / Kalinga Hindu (Surya)
13th-century (1243–1255 CE) Kalinga-style Sun temple built as colossal 30-m high chariot of Surya with 24 giant stone wheels (9.5 ft sundials) pulled by seven horses, originally 68 m shikhara…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Archaic–Initial 2300–1200 BCE · Kotosh–Mito tradition
Crossed Hands temple 1800 BCE, 10 superimposed Mito temples.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
PPN A/B 9600–8000 BCE · Taş Tepeler PPN
Umbrella for 12 PPN hilltop sanctuaries (Karahan, Göbekli, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe, Sefer Tepe etc.) being excavated 2019-present, revealing 250+ T-pillars region-wide, reshaping Neolithisation model.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Hopewell Middle Woodland 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition
Circle-octagon pair 320 m circle, UNESCO 2023.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Maya Classic–Postclassic 300 BCE–1500 CE · Maya (Puuc–Chenés)
Red hill palaces 44 m portico, hematite, Puuc-Toltec 600–1000 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Chimú – Late Intermediate 1200–1532 CE · Chimú → Inca
Chimú hill-fort four walls, Inca tambo after 1470.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian
Four surviving uprights of oval henge circle originally 12 stones up to 5.7 m tall on promontory between lochs. One of earliest henges in Britain (c.3100 BCE).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Severn-Cotswold
Portal dolmen near Cardiff with 35-tonne capstone on three orthostats, remnant of Severn-Cotswold long cairn.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic (3300 BCE) · Loughcrew Neolithic
Slieve na Calliagh Cairn L excavated by Conwell 1860s, sun beam at equinox lights chamber art, Hag's Chair kerbstone.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Goguryeo (414 CE erected) · Goguryeo (King Jangsu for Gwanggaeto)
Ji'an 414 CE stele re-discovered 1875, textual key to 4th-c Korea-Manchuria-Japan, UNESCO buffer.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 189 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
