🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Standing Stones of Yoxie
Late Neolithic · Shetland Neolithic
Neolithic 'standing stones' house on Whalsay, 18×10 m, part of Pettigarths Field settlement, c.3000 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ballykeel Portal Tomb
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Tripod portal tomb at foot of Slieve Gullion on 30 m cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Isbister Chambered Cairn (Tomb of the Eagles)
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Orcadian Neolithic
Cliff-top stalled cairn on South Ronaldsay famed for 16,000 human bones and eagle remains.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Silbury Hill
Late Neolithic 2400–2300 BCE · Late Neolithic Britons (Grooved Ware)
Europe's tallest prehistoric mound – 39-m artificial hill with unknown purpose.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Lairo Chambered Cairn
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Horned long stalled cairn 50 m long on Rousay, c.3600 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Dunadd Fort
Neolithic to Early Medieval · Dál Riata (Gaelic) over Neolithic substratum
Hillfort capital of Dál Riata atop rock in Moine Mhòr, with Neolithic art and royal footprint carving.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Catpund Quarry and Standing Stone
Neolithic to Norse · Shetland Neolithic / Norse
Steatite quarry and standing stone at Catpund, worked from 3000 BCE to Norse times.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Gough's Cave
Palaeolithic–Mesolithic (50000–6000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Gough's Cave in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge, United Kingdom is a major Palaeolithic to Holocene cave and fissure system renowned for stratified deposits spanning over 40,000 years.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hazleton North Long Cairn
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Fully excavated Cotswold-Severn cairn at Hazleton, 21 burials, detailed construction sequence, c.3800 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ballymeanoch Stone Row and Henge
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Neolithic/Bronze Age
Four-stone chlorite row (to 2.8 m) with 70 cup marks, adjacent cairns and ploughed henge in Kilmartin Glen.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Kilfeaghan Portal Tomb
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Portal Tomb
Low-set portal tomb above Carlingford Lough near Rostrevor, 35-40 ton capstone, among heaviest in Ireland.
🇬🇧 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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley Long Barrow)
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Cotswold-Severn long barrow on Uley escarpment, 37 m with transepted chambers, c.3750 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn
Early–Middle Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Stalled cairn on Rousay with tripartite chamber, 29 burials, c.3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Zennor Quoit
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Ruinous 12.8 m mound dolmen on Zennor Hill with slipped 4.8 m capstone over 3.5 m chamber.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Callanish II (Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh)
Late Neolithic · Hebridean Late Neolithic
7-stone elliptical circle (21.6×18.9 m) on Loch Roag ridge south-east of Callanish I, with central ruined cairn.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Vinquoy Chambered Cairn
Late Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Maeshowe-type hilltop cairn on Eday with four side cells, c.3200 BCE.
🇬🇧 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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Millbarrow (Winterbourne Monkton Long Barrow)
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Excavated Cotswold-Severn long barrow north of Avebury, 30 m, discrete façade, c.3750 BCE.
🇬🇧 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
Ri Cruin Cairn
Early Bronze Age · Beaker
Outlier kerb cairn at south end of Kilmartin linear cemetery, Beaker period, with lime-kiln reuse.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Notgrove Long Barrow
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Cotswold-Severn long barrow at Notgrove, 48 m with transepted chambers, c.3700 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Adam's Grave
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn / Wessex
Chambered long barrow on Walkers Hill above Alton Barnes, 70 m, c.3650 BCE.
🇬🇧 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.