🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Castlerigg Stone Circle
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Cumbria / Langdale axe network
Late Neolithic flattened circle of 38 stones near Keswick with rectangular eastern enclosure and fells panorama.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Callanish IV (Ceann Hulabhaig)
Late Neolithic · Hebridean Late Neolithic
Six-stone flattened circle (13.3×9.5 m) with central robbed cairn, 2.2 km south of Callanish I.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Annaghmare Court Tomb
Middle Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb tradition
Court tomb near Crossmaglen, 13 m gallery with shallow court, at foot of Ring of Gullion, c.3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Geoglyph
Long Man of Wilmington
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
Clontygora Court Tomb
Early Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb
Huge court tomb near Killeen (King's Ring), court 6.4×13 m, lintelled entrance, c.3800 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Glebe Cairn
Early Bronze Age · Bronze Age Food Vessel
Gravel-terrace cemetery cairn NW of Kilmartin village with seven Bronze Age cists.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
La Jolla Submerged Midden South
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
La Jolla Submerged Midden South in Doggerland, United Kingdom is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Chysauster Iron Age Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Chysauster Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Carn Euny Iron Age Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Carn Euny Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Chysauster Ancient Village — Gulval
Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) · Dumnonii / Romano-British
Chysauster Ancient Village — Gulval in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii / Romano-British.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Nether Largie South Cairn
Early Neolithic · Kilmartin Early Neolithic
Neolithic chambered cairn at Kilmartin Glen's north-central linear cemetery, c.3800 BCE, defining the glen's axis.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Cairnbaan Cup and Ring Marks
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Late Neolithic
Cup-and-ring schist panels above Kilmartin Glen with >100 carvings, c.3000 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Nether Largie South Cairn — Kilmartin
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Kilmartin Neolithic
Nether Largie South Cairn — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Kilmartin Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Carreg Samson Dolmen — Trevine
Neolithic (3200 BCE) · Irish Sea Neolithic
Carreg Samson Dolmen — Trevine in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom is a Neolithic (3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Sea Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Temple Wood Stone Circles — Kilmartin
Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin builders
Temple Wood Stone Circles — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Kilmartin builders.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Creswell Crags Gorge
Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) · Neanderthal / Creswellian
Creswell Crags Gorge in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, Magnesian Limestone, United Kingdom is a Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) cave attributed to Neanderthal / Creswellian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Nether Largie Standing Stones — Kilmartin
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin complex
Nether Largie Standing Stones — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Kilmartin complex.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Dunadd Fort — Kilmartin Glen
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 · Ancient village
Star Carr Mesolithic Site
Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) · Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian)
Star Carr Mesolithic Site in North Yorkshire, Vale of Pickering, United Kingdom is a Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian) culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Maiden Castle
Iron Age (800 BCE–43 CE), over Neolithic causewayed enclosure · Durotriges (British Iron Age)
Massive Iron Age hillfort enclosing 47 acres on a chalk ridge south of Dorchester, developed from a Neolithic causewayed enclosure (c. 3350 BCE) into a multivallate fort with complex entrances by c.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Cissbury Ring
Neolithic to Iron Age (4000 BCE–400 BCE) · Neolithic miners / Iron Age
Cissbury Ring in West Sussex, South Downs, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Iron Age (4000 BCE–400 BCE) hillfort attributed to Neolithic miners / Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Maumbury Rings
Late Neolithic to Roman (2500 BCE–140 CE) · Grooved Ware / Roman
Maumbury Rings in Dorset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Roman (2500 BCE–140 CE) earthwork attributed to Grooved Ware / Roman culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Tinkinswood Burial Chamber
Early Neolithic · Severn-Cotswold Neolithic
Severn-Cotswold long cairn near Cardiff with Britain's largest capstone at 40 tonnes.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Housesteads Roman Fort
Roman (124–400 CE) · Roman (Hadrianic)
Housesteads Roman Fort in Northumberland, Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom is a Roman (124–400 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman (Hadrianic) culture.