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Megaliths · Mysteria

CategoriesMegaliths

Megaliths

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

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World Heritage: 184

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Gavrinis Passage Tomb — Larmorbaden

Neolithic (c.3500 BCE) · Morbihan Neolithic

Island tomb renowned for complete geometric engravings covering every orthostat — excavated by Le Roux 1929, boat access only in Gulf of Morbihan.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Rousay

Early Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic

Rousay hillside cairn excavated by Callander & Grant 1934, yielding 29 individuals and Unstan Ware; managed by Historic Environment Scotland.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Unstan Chambered Cairn Stenness

Mid Neolithic (3450–2800 BCE) · Unstan Ware

Loch of Stenness-shore cairn excavated by Clouston 1884, style-site for Unstan pottery, yielding crouched burials and Grooved Ware later.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Mainland Orkney

Neolithic (c.3000 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Well-preserved hill-slope cairn with low crawl entrance, excavated 1901 yielding eight human skulls and dog burials, above Bay of Firth.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Maes Howe Annex — Quanterness Chambered Cairn

Neolithic (c.3250 BCE) · Orcadian Grooved Ware

Mainland Orkney cairn excavated by Renfrew 1972–74, yielding 157 adults and children, dated to Early Neolithic with Grooved Ware sherds.

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🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith

Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower

Bronze Age Nuragic (1600–1100 BCE) · Nuragic

Sardinia's 'Sardinian palace' excavated by Taramelli 1933–38, restored 3-storey keep with corbel vault and concentric corridor bastion.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Quoyness Chambered Cairn Sanday

Neolithic (c.2900 BCE) · Maes Howe tradition

Finest Maes Howe-type cairn on Sanday, excavated 1867, with six side chambers off central cell and cross-shaped plan, near beach dunes.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith

Karahan Tepe — T-Pillar Hall with Human Statue

PPN (9600–8600 BCE) · Göbeklian

Tek Tek pillar site excavated since 2019, part of 12-site Taş Tepeler, yielding giant human figure holding phallus and vulture pillar.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Neolithic Megalithic — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 388

Neolithic · Neolithic

Neolithic megalithic at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Ring of Brodgar Outlier — Seat of Brodgar Farm Stone

Late Neolithic (2600–2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Solitary outlier 80 m beyond Ring of Brodgar ditch, thought to mark northern lunar minor standstill sightline from henge centre.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Table des Marchands — Locmariaquer Passage Grave

Neolithic (4000–3500 BCE) · Morbihan megalithic

Flagship Morbihan passage grave, capstone once part of broken Grand Menhir of Er Grah, decorated with hook and hatchet carvings.

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🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith

Knowth Annex — Kerbstone K13 North Mound Art

Late Neolithic (3200 BCE) · Boyne art tradition

Knowth satellite mound N, decorated K13 excavated by Eogan, with classic Boyne passage-art facing Newgrange at winter solstice.