🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Point of Cott Chambered Cairn
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Coastal long stalled cairn on Westray eroding at Point of Cott, c.3600 BCE.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Coastal long stalled cairn on Westray eroding at Point of Cott, c.3600 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Geoglyph
Early Modern likely 16th–17th c.; Bronze Age claim unproven · Early Modern British; alternate prehistoric hypothesized
69-m hill figure with staffs on South Downs, enigmatic later date.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Long barrow southeast of Avebury henge, 40 m, part of WHS barrow cemetery, c.3750 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Windmill Hill / Hembury Ware
Type-site causewayed enclosure 2 km from Avebury — three interrupted ditch circuits enclosing 8.5 ha.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age · Cotswold Neolithic to Beaker
Neolithic-Bronze Age complex with King's Men circle, Whispering Knights dolmen and King Stone monolith on Cotswold ridge.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Geoglyph
Early Medieval 700–1100 CE per 2020 OSL; earlier prehistoric speculation revised · Late Saxon / Early Medieval Wessex (?)
55-m chalk giant with club on Dorset hill - maybe Saxon Hercules.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Iron Age to Early Medieval · Dal Riata Scots
Dunadd Fort — Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Early Medieval hillfort attributed to Dal Riata Scots.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (3500–2500 BCE) · Late Neolithic Northern
Thornborough's triple henges excavated by Thomas 1952 and Harding 1981, gypsum-covered banks visible from 3 km, linked to Nunwick henge 1 km.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Mesolithic (7800 BCE) · Mesolithic Howick
Howick Mesolithic House in Northumberland, North East England, United Kingdom is a Mesolithic (7800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mesolithic Howick culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Neolithic to Iron Age (3670 BCE–500 BCE) · Neolithic / Iron Age
Hambledon Hill in Dorset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Iron Age (3670 BCE–500 BCE) earthwork attributed to Neolithic / Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury
Must Farm Pile Dwelling in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Roman (160–400 CE) · Roman (Severan)
Arbeia Roman Fort in Tyne and Wear, North East England, United Kingdom is a Roman (160–400 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman (Severan) culture.
🇬🇧 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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 757 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 993 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 83 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age · Scillonian Bronze Age
Bant's Carn Entrance Grave — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Scillonian Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age (1300–600 BCE) · Dartmoor Bronze Age (Trevisker)
Late Bronze Age enclosed settlement (c. 1300–600 BCE) in a valley between Hamel Down and Hookney Tor, comprising a 150 m diameter stone wall enclosing 24 hut circles (2–5 m diameter) with paved…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Peak District
Arbor Low in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic Peak District culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Middle to Late Iron Age (Atlantic Iron Age) · Shetland Atlantic Iron Age builders
South Mousa second broch and wheelhouse village 1.2 km south of famous Mousa Broch: prototype 500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Middle Iron Age Atlantic (vitrified forte) · Minch Hebridean islanders
Summit vitrified dun (28×18 m) with plastered rock-cut rain cistern (5.5 m³) on Garbh Eilean, Shiants.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age (Ewart Park, 1300–900 BCE) · Fenland Late Bronze (Deverel–Rimbury, 1300–900 BCE)
380-m southern Flag Fen causeway extension (1220–1120 BCE) — double-post drove way to Whittlesey.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
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.
