🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Su Nuraxi di Barumini — Royal Nuraghe
Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500–500 BCE) · Nuragic
Barumini type-site excavated by Lilliu 1949–56, with Iron Age village over Bronze Age bastion, restored.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Bhagimohari — Nagpur Megalith Field Extension
Iron Age (800–300 BCE) · Vidarbha megalithic
Bhagimohari — Nagpur Megalith Field Extension in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age (800–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic. 42 stone circles spread over 2 ha with sarcophagus.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Cromlech dos Almendres — Western Enclosure
Early to Late Neolithic · Alentejo Megalithic
Western arc of Almendres Cromlech (c. 6000–3000 BCE), the largest stone circle in Iberia with 95 granite menhirs in elliptical setting.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Nine Maidens — Boskednan Circle
Late Neolithic · Penwith builders
Nine Maidens — Boskednan Circle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Penwith builders.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Cromlech of Xarez — Alqueva Flood Rescue Circle Olhoslake
Neolithic (4000 BCE) rescue before Alqueva 2004 · Alentejo Xarez phase
Xarez 51 square relocated before Alqueva flood 2004.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Tregeseal Stone Circle — St Just
Late Neolithic · Cornish Neolithic
Tregeseal Stone Circle — St Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Machu Picchu
Late Horizon (Inca Imperial, ~1450–1530 CE) · Inca (Quechua)
15th-century Inca citadel perched at 2,430 m on a narrow saddle between Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu peaks above the Urubamba Valley.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Carnac Stones
Middle to Late Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic
Over 3,000 standing stones in three major alignments (Ménec, Kermario, Kerlescan) extending 4 km, plus dolmens and tumuli. Earliest European megalithic region (Antiquity 2025).
🇱🇦 Laos · Megalith
Plain of Jars
Iron Age 500 BCE – 500 CE (some lids to 800 CE) · Unknown Austroasiatic? Ancestors of Lao-Tai
Megalithic landscape of >90 sites with >2,100 large carved sandstone jars (1–3 m tall, up to 14 t) scattered across Xiangkhouang plateau, carved 500 BCE–500 CE, associated with mortuary rites and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Ollantaytambo
Inca Imperial 15th century; continued as Neo-Inca stronghold 1537–1572 · Inca
Inca royal estate and ceremonial center in Sacred Valley with unfinished Temple Hill featuring six massive pink rhyolite monoliths (Wall of Six Monoliths) and extensive terraces that doubled as…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Anta da Pedra da Orca — Gouveia Extension North
Middle Neolithic · Beira Alta Megalithic
Polygonal anta (dolmen) north of Gouveia, part of Beira Alta megalithic cluster (c. 3800–3200 BCE), with 7 granite orthostats, short corridor and tumulus remnant on granite plateau.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ness of Brodgar
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian
Major Late Neolithic walled enclosure (c.3200–2300 BCE) between Ring of Brodgar and Stenness, with monolithic structures including Structure 10 (25 m hall) with painted stone, tiled roof and imported…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Almendres Menhir Pair — Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech Satellite
Neolithic (5200–4200 BCE) Almendres satellite · Alentejo Neolithic satellite 5200-4200
Vale Maria do Meio excavated by Pina 1960s, U cromlech.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Hünengrab Nobbin on Rügen
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker (TRB)
Funnel Beaker (TRB) extended dolmen (c. 3500–2800 BCE) at Nobbin, Rügen Island, 30 m trapezoid enclosure with guard stones, chamber with 3 capstones and Neolithic depositions.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Woodhenge & Durrington Walls
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware
Timber-circle henge (Woodhenge, 6 rings, 168 posts) and Durrington Walls super-henge (500 m diameter, 17 ha, 2 entrances, largest henge in Britain) – contemporary settlement of Stonehenge builders…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Puma Punku
Tiwanaku Period 536–600 CE (complex radiocarbon dated) · Tiwanaku
Terraced platform mound within Tiwanaku complex famous for precision-cut andesite and red sandstone blocks with drilled holes, flat planes and interlocking joints to 0.5 mm tolerance, scattered as if…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Allée Couverte de la Pierre Couvretière (Essé Variant)
Late Neolithic · Armorican Late Neolithic
Secondary allée couverte near La Roche aux Fées at Essé (c. 3000 BCE), 8 m gallery in schist with orthostats and capstones, smaller companion to famous 19.5 m La Roche aux Fées, demonstrating…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Wayland's Smithy — The Ridgeway
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn / Windmill Hill
Neolithic long barrow on the Ridgeway (c. 3600 BCE) with two phases: early mortuary enclosure and later trapezoidal mound covering cruciform chamber of sarsen and oolite.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting
Bronze Age to Viking Age · Mälaren Iron Age
Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting in Västmanland, Sweden is a Bronze Age to Viking Age megalithic attributed to Mälaren Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Coldrum Long Barrow (Coldrum Stones)
Early Neolithic · Medway Megaliths
Coldrum Long Barrow (Coldrum Stones) in Kent, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Medway Megaliths culture.
🇲🇹 Malta · Megalith
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Late Neolithic – Chalcolithic · Maltese Temple culture (Żebbuġ to Tarxien)
Three-level underground necropolis/sanctuary carved in limestone, 10.6 m deep, halls including Oracle Room with acoustic resonance. Only prehistoric underground temple in world.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Kerguntuil (Trégastel)
Late Neolithic · Armorican Late Neolithic
Gallery dolmen (allée couverte) at Trégastel, Côte de Granit Rose (c. 3200–2600 BCE), 11 m long gallery in pink granite with 16 orthostats and capstones, entrance flanked by portal stones, tumulus…
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Li Lolghi Giants' Tomb
Early Bronze Age · Bonnannaro / Nuragic
Li Lolghi Giants' Tomb in Sardinia, Olbia-Tempio, Italy is a Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Bonnannaro / Nuragic culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Li Muri Necropolis
Late Neolithic · Arzachena Culture (Ozieri)
Li Muri Necropolis in Sardinia, Olbia-Tempio, Italy is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Arzachena Culture (Ozieri) culture.