Partially excavated places tagged “megalithic”

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Bodowyr Burial Chamber

Early Neolithic (c.3800–3200 BCE) · Neolithic Anglesey (Irish Sea province)

Anglesey portal dolmen with wedge capstone on five stones — small Neolithic tomb in farmland south of Gaerwen.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Alignements du Ménec — Carnac

Early to Middle Neolithic (c.4500–3000 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic (Castellic/Chasséen-derived Atlantic)

Ménec (Early–Middle Neolithic c.4500–3000 BCE) is the westernmost and largest Carnac alignment: 11 parallel rows 1,167 m long with 1,099 menhirs descending from a western cromlech (egg-shaped 100 ×…

🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Tekkalakota

Southern Neolithic 3000–1200 BCE → Megalithic–Iron 1000 BCE–100 CE · Southern Neolithic → Megalithic (Bellary)

Ballari granite hill Neolithic–Megalithic village (3000 BCE–100 CE) with burnished ware and iron cists on dolerite axe ridge.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

West Kennet Long Barrow — Ancillary Ditch Segment

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic

West Kennet Long Barrow — Ancillary Ditch Segment in England, Wiltshire, Avebury, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) me…

🇬🇲 Gambia · Megalith

Stone Circles of Senegambia — Wassu Complex

Late Iron Age to Medieval (750–1000 CE peak) · Serer–Wolof proto-Jola / Senegambian megalithic

Wassu is the Gambian component of UNESCO Senegambian Stone Circles (1226, 2006) — 11 megalithic circles (4.5–6 m Ø) with 1–2 m laterite pillars (cylindrical, dressed with iron wedge) enclosing burial…

🇨🇦 Canada · Megalith

Dolmen de Sanctuary

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical

Dolmen de Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.

🇴🇲 Oman · Megalith

Dolmen de New Dyke

Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman

Dolmen de New Dyke in Dhofar, Oman is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Roman culture.

🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith

Pyramid Outlier Asia 83 — Japan Region 11

Period Medieval · Regional culture Asia-Megalith

Pyramid Outlier Asia 83 — Japan Region 11 in Japan Region 11, Japan is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith

Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South — Saqqara (Saqqara)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval

Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South in Saqqara, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.

🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith

Lepsius Mound Outlier — Chancay (Lima)

Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age

Lepsius Mound Outlier in Chancay, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith

Tepe Sialk Platform A — Saqqara (Saqqara)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical

Tepe Sialk Platform A in Saqqara, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.

🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith

Alentejo — Almendres Cromlech Western Europe's Largest Stone Circle

Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE earliest Almendres 6000 alley; cromlech 5000 BCE) · Alentejo Neolithic Almendres (Cardial) and later

Almendres Gromlech Sofia's largest Iberian, 6000 BCE.

🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith

Paramonga Fortress

Chimú – Late Intermediate 1200–1532 CE · Chimú → Inca

Chimú hill-fort four walls, Inca tambo after 1470.

🇨🇳 China · Megalith

Stele of Gwanggaeto — Ji'an Memorial Inscription

Goguryeo (414 CE erected) · Goguryeo (King Jangsu for Gwanggaeto)

Ji'an 414 CE stele re-discovered 1875, textual key to 4th-c Korea-Manchuria-Japan, UNESCO buffer.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 150

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 150 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 993

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 993 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

Bant's Carn Entrance Grave — St Mary's

Early Bronze Age · Scillonian Bronze Age

Bant's Carn Entrance Grave — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Scillonian Bronze Age.