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Standing stones

Every place in the atlas labelled standing stones.

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🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Menhir de Champ-Dolent

Early to Middle Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic

Tallest menhir in Brittany — 9.3 m rose granite monolith near Dol-de-Bretagne, c.5000 BCE.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Barnhouse Stone — Standing Monolith Orkney

Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware

Outlier monolith 700 m NW of Barnhouse settlement and 800 m from Stones of Stenness, part of Heart of Neolithic Orkney ritual landscape.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Stenness Annex — Watch Stone Monolith

Late Neolithic (3100 BCE) · Grooved Ware

Ness causeway outlier midway between two henges, with Bridge of Brodgar nearby, excavated causeway timber 2014.

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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.