🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Naveta des Tudons
Late Bronze Age · Talayotic culture of Menorca (Pretalayotic)
Menorca's iconic boat-shaped naveta tomb — 14 m cyclopean funerary monument 1200-750 BCE, UNESCO 2023.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Stonehenge Cursus
Early Neolithic 3800–3600 BCE · Early Neolithic Britons
2.7-km Neolithic processional enclosure predating Stonehenge by 500 years.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Broad Ingoldisthorpe Standing Stones
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Broad Ingoldisthorpe Standing Stones in Alentejo, Portugal is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) megalithic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Goshono Jomon Site
Late Jomon 2500–1200 BCE · Jomon Late
Late Jomon pit-dwelling settlement (2500–1200 BCE) on Mabechi River plateau, UNESCO 2021 component 1632-010, with 20 pit-houses, 800+ pit graves, burnt mound middens and 4 m earthwork stone pavements…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Borobudur Temple Compounds
Mataram Sailendra c.780–830 CE · Central Javanese Buddhist (Sailendra/Mataram)
Mahayana Buddhist mandala-mountain (c.775–825 CE) of Sailendra/early Mataram, 34.5 m high terraced pyramid with 2,672 relief panels (longest Buddhist narrative reliefs 2.5 km) and 504 Buddha statues.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Hwaseong Fortress (Suwon)
Joseon Dynasty 1794–1796 CE · Joseon Korean (Jeongjo)
5.52 km bastioned city wall (1794–1796) built by King Jeongjo to honor father Prince Sado and establish new capital, combining Korean, Chinese and Western bastion design via Silhak scholar Jeong…
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
Viking Age · Jelling Dynasty (Gorm & Harald Bluetooth)
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church in South Denmark, Vejle Municipality, Denmark is a Viking Age megalithic attributed to Jelling Dynasty (Gorm & Harald Bluetooth) culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
West Kennet Avenue — Avebury Stone Row North
Late Neolithic (2600 BCE) · Grooved Ware / Avebury
Avebury's west avenue excavated by Keiller 1934 and Long 1850s, linking Overton Hill Sanctuary (concentric stone/timber circles) to southern entrance of henge.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Yagul Archaeological Zone
Zapotec Postclassic 1250–1521 CE · Zapotec (Tlacolula valley)
Zapotec hill-fortress Palace Six Patios 1250–1400 CE, UNESCO 2010.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Knowth Passage Tombs — Eastern Necropolis Extension
Neolithic (3350–2800 BCE) with Bronze Age additions · Boyne Neolithic
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage excavated by Eogan 1962–2000, with 300 decorated stones, sundial-like kerbstone K52.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Pallava Dynasty 580–728 CE (Mamalla and Rajasimha phases) · Tamil / Pallava Hindu (Shaiva/Vaishnava)
Pallava (7th–8th c CE) coastal temple town with 40 rock-cut shrines: Shore Temple granite seaside, Five Rathas monolithic chariot-temples cut from single boulders, Arjuna's Penance 27 m bas-relief,…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor Wat
Khmer Empire, early Angkor period 1113–1150 CE · Khmer (Hindu then Theravada Buddhist)
Vishnuite then Buddhist temple-mountain and world's largest religious monument (162.6 ha), built early 12th century by Suryavarman II as state temple and center of Khmer Empire; oriented west with…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Göbekli Tepe — Enclosure F Twin Pillars
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8200 BCE) · PPN hunter-gatherer (Göbeklian)
Germuş hill excavated by Schmidt 1995–, 20 enclosures with T-pillars and animal reliefs,intentionally backfilled 8200 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ring of Brodgar
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian
Massive henge and stone circle 104 m diameter, originally 60 stones (36 surviving). Enclosed by rock-cut ditch up to 10 m wide. Core of Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Orcadian
Finest Orkney chambered cairn: 36 m mound, long passage, corbelled chamber. Midwinter sunset illuminates chamber. Bears 12th-century Viking runic inscriptions (>30).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ring of Brodgar Outlier — Seat of Brodgar Farm Stone
Late Neolithic (2600–2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Solitary outlier 80 m beyond Ring of Brodgar ditch, thought to mark northern lunar minor standstill sightline from henge centre.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Gochang — Jungnim-ri Dolmen Cluster
Korean Bronze Age (1000–500 BCE) · Mumun / Korean Bronze dolmen builders
Gochang Jungnim-ri excavated 1980s, largest capstone 5.6 m, UNESCO 2000 with Hwasun, Ganghwa.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Oyu Stone Circles — Late Jomon Solar Alignment
Late Jomon (2000–1500 BCE) · Late Jomon Oyu
Kazuno circles excavated 1931 and 1946, Late Jomon double circles aligned to summer solstice sunset.
🇬🇧 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.
🇮🇹 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.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Megalith
San Agustín Archaeological Park
San Agustín Culture · San Agustín
San Agustín Archaeological Park in Huila Department, Colombia is a San Agustín Culture megalithic attributed to San Agustín culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 744).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
West Kennet Avenue (Avebury)
Late Neolithic · Wessex
West Kennet Avenue (Avebury) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Wessex culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 373).
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island Moai)
Rapa Nui Period 900–1500 CE; ahu construction 1000–1600 CE · Rapa Nui (Polynesian)
Remote Polynesian island 3,700 km west of Chile with nearly 900 basalt moai monoliths (up to 10 m, 86 t, one unfinished 270 t) carved 900–1500 CE at Rano Raraku tuff quarry and erected on stone ahu…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Skara Brae
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
Exceptionally preserved Late Neolithic stone-built village of eight clustered houses with stone furniture, hearths and drains. Revealed 1850 after storm, often called Scotland's answer to Pompeii.