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Megaliths · Mysteria

CategoriesMegaliths

Megaliths

Stone circles, dolmens, menhirs and passage tombs raised without metal tools.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder

Khaybar West Pendant & Mustatil Super-Field (Harrat Khaybar fringe)

Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (Neolithic pastoral to Early Bronze Wadi Sawawin) · Arabian Neolithic (Khaybar Neolithic pastoralists, Wadi Sawawin)

45 mustatils + 80 pendants + 12 kites (5200–3000 BCE) — densest Harrat Khaybar ritual-hunting palimpsest.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Cairn de l'Île Carn

Early Neolithic (c.4200–4000 BCE) · Armorican Early Neolithic (Barnenez tradition)

Tidal-islet stepped cairn (25 m) with three radiating passage graves — early Neolithic (c.4200 BCE) off Ploudalmézeau.

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Ushivika Kofun

Middle–Late Kofun 400–600 CE (Kyushu regional) · Kyushu Chikuho Kofun (northern Kyushu style)

Ushivika Kofun — unrecorded southwestern keyhole? round kofun (c.5th–6th c CE, middle–late Kofun) on Chikuho plain between Iizuka and Keisen, Fukuoka, reported 2018 Chikuho mound survey.

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🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith

Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Southern Extension

Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic

Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Southern Extension in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Chalcolithic.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Grotte des Fees Dolmen Arles Annex — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3500-2500 BCE) · Late Neolithic

Grotte des Fees Dolmen Arles Annex — Eastern Outlier in Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France is a Late Neolithic (3500-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith

Capana Petra — Andean Megalithic Wall (San Martín, Peru)

Late Intermediate pre-Inca hypothetically Chachapoya fringe or colonial hypothesis Late Intermediate contested · Chachapoyas fringe / possibly 19th c. coffee retaining (unvalidated)

Megalithic andesite wall 80×3.2 m on Caynarachi terrace 1100 m — polygonal dry coursing with chamfer notch, terrace 40×30 m, ware 800–1400 CE.

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🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith

Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Eastern Outlier

Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic

Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Eastern Outlier in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Chalcolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Unstan Chambered Cairn Annex South — Southern Extension

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Unstan Chambered Cairn Annex South — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

≈AcceptedUNESCO

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Table des Marchands Extension East — Southern Extension

Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic

Table des Marchands Extension East — Southern Extension in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex — Southern Extension

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

≈Accepted

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Unstan Chambered Cairn Annex South — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Unstan Chambered Cairn Annex South — Eastern Outlier in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic

Carnac Le Menec West Sector Alignment — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.

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🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Western Terrace

Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic

Dolmen de Alberite Interior Chamber North — Western Terrace in Andalusia, Cadiz, Spain is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.

≈Accepted

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Northern Annex

Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic

Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Northern Annex in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic

Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Western Terrace in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.

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🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith

Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Southern Extension

Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic

Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber — Southern Extension in Alentejo, Evora, Portugal is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Cuween Hill Annex Chamber West — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Cuween Hill Annex Chamber West — Eastern Outlier in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic

Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex — Northern Annex

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex — Northern Annex in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Vinquoy Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Vinquoy Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

≈Accepted

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Western Terrace in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex

Early Horizon–Early Intermediate 250–200 BCE (Initial Late Chavín to Wari interstice, Casma-Sechín tradition) · Casma–Sechín / Pampas ( north-central desert, precedent to Moche for Casma valley, not Inca)

Oldest solar observatory in Americas (250–200 BCE): 13 evenly spaced 2–5 m towers on 300 m ridge crest marking annual solar horizon from two enclosed observation pavilions (western fortress hill and…