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United Kingdom

533 places in the atlas, 30 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

Kinds found here

Megaliths366
Chambered cairns99
Ancient villages67
Archaeological wonders64
Earthworks56
Stone circles42
Hillforts32
Chambered tombs16
Henges16
Long barrows16
Settlements16
Dolmens15

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Verified501
Accepted22
Contested3
Hypothetical5
Pseudo2

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Orkney, Scotland156
Cornwall, England34
Orkney15
Somerset, South West England11
Wiltshire, England11
Kilmartin Glen, Argyll and Bute, Scotland7

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Verified501 Widely accepted22 Contested

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Aberdeenshire, Scotland5

Anglesey, Wales5

County Down, Northern Ireland5

Orkney Islands, Scotland5

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Excavation

Partially excavated295 Excavated188 Excavation ongoing26 Unexcavated12 Not applicable7 Submerged5

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Wayland's Smithy

Early to Middle Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn

Two-phase Neolithic long barrow near Uffington with sarsen passage grave overlain on earlier oval mound.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Howe Broch

Neolithic 3500 BCE to Norse 1200 CE with broch Iron Age focus · Neolithic Grooved Ware to Iron Age broch to Norse

Stratified broch and settlement mound (3500 BCE - Norse) at Howe, Stromness, Orkney - 7-m type-section for Atlantic Iron Age.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Jarlshof Broch & Iron Age–Norse Settlement Complex (Sumburgh, Shetland)

Late Neolithic to Late Norse (2700 BCE–14th c CE) · Neolithic → Bronze Age → Iron Age Pictish → Norse (Scalloway Jarlshof horizon)

4,000-yr Shetland settlement (2700 BCE–14th c) — 10-m broch with 4 wheelhouses overlain by Norse longhouses at Sumburgh.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn 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

Unstan Chambered Cairn Annex South — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

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

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Stanydale Temple Annex Shetland — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Shetland Neolithic

Stanydale Temple Annex Shetland — Western Terrace in Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Shetland Neolithic.

≈Accepted

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Hill of Caldback Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Hill of Caldback 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

Hill of Caldback Chambered Cairn — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Hill of Caldback 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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🇬🇧 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.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Burrian Chambered Cairn — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Burrian 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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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex — Eastern Outlier

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex — 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

Cuween Hill Annex Chamber West — Northern Annex

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Cuween Hill Annex Chamber West — 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

Cuween Hill Annex Chamber West — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

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

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

Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Northern Annex

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — 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

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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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Northern Annex

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — 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 — Western Terrace

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Vinquoy 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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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Vinquoy Chambered Cairn — Northern Annex

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Vinquoy Chambered Cairn — 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

Unstan Chambered Cairn Annex South

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

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