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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 Contested3

Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Aberdeenshire, Scotland5

Anglesey, Wales5

County Down, Northern Ireland5

Orkney Islands, Scotland5

Shetland, Scotland5

Hypothetical

5

Pseudoarchaeology2

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Megaliths366 Chambered cairns99 Ancient villages67 Archaeological wonders64 Earthworks56 Stone circles42 Hillforts32 Chambered tombs16 Henges16 Long barrows16 Settlements16 Dolmens15 Submerged sites12 Cairns10

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Excavation

Partially excavated295 Excavated188 Excavation ongoing26 Unexcavated12 Not applicable7 Submerged5

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megalithic249 neolithic72 orcadian neolithic45 bronze age36 ancient village30 cornwall engla28 orkney28 iron age25 earthwork23 hillfort20 stone circle19 archaeological wonder15 somerset14 trackway14 long barrow12 henge11 shetland11 dumnonii10

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn Mainland Orkney

Neolithic (c.3500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Hilltop cairn excavated 1849 and later by G. Petrie, with three concentric wall faces and intact chamber below moorland peat.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 17

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 17 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 18

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 18 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 62

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 62 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 65

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 65 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 66

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 66 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 74

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 74 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 77

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 77 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 83

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

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 84

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 84 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 85

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 85 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 89

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 89 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Clava Cairns — Balnuaran Central Ring Cairn

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Clava Cairns / Beaker

Inverness's classic Clava group excavated by Piggott 1952–53, midwinter sunset aligns down passage, Balnuaran has 3 cairns.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Hittite Ancient Village — Orkney Annex 392

Hittite · Hittite

Hittite ancient-village at Orkney.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Hittite Ancient Village — Orkney Annex 438

Hittite · Hittite

Hittite ancient-village at Orkney.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Bronze Age Megalithic — Orkney Annex 406

Bronze Age · Bronze Age

Bronze Age megalithic at Orkney.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Rock art

Neolithic Rock Art — Orkney Annex 403

Neolithic · Neolithic

Neolithic rock-art at Orkney.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire

Neolithic (3650–3000 BCE) · Early Neolithic / Peterborough

Avebury's northern causewayed camp excavated by Keiller 1925–29, 3650 BCE basal layer with Ebbsfleet ceramics.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Ness of Brodgar — Structure 14 Annex

Late Neolithic (3200–2300 BCE) · Grooved Ware

Major Ness excavated by Card 2004–, Grooved Ware centre linking Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Rock art

Jomon Rock Art — Orkney Annex 428

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon rock-art at Orkney.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Tell

Harappan Tell — Orkney Annex 453

Harappan · Harappan

Harappan tell at Orkney.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Calanais Standing Stones

Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Hebridean Late Neolithic

Cruciform setting: central circle 13 m diameter with 4.8 m monolith and avenues N,S,E,W. Most prominent of 19 Callanish sites on ridge above Loch Roag. Potential lunar standstill alignment.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Standing Stones of Stenness

Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian

Four surviving uprights of oval henge circle originally 12 stones up to 5.7 m tall on promontory between lochs. One of earliest henges in Britain (c.3100 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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