Partially excavated places tagged “megalithic”

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Temple Wood Stone Circles — Kilmartin

Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin builders

Temple Wood Stone Circles — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Kilmartin builders.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Kit's Coty House (Kent, England)

Early Neolithic · Medway Megaliths

Kit's Coty House in Kent, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Medway Megaliths culture. Megalithic construction with sarsen; evidence of ceremonial and funerary use.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Nether Largie Standing Stones — Kilmartin

Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin complex

Nether Largie Standing Stones — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Kilmartin complex.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Mên-an-Tol — Morvah

Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE?) · Cornish Bronze Age

Mên-an-Tol — Morvah in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE?) megalithic attributed to Cornish Bronze Age.

🇮🇳 India · Megalith

Kuchai — Singhbhum Neolith and Megalith

Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–500 BCE) · Eastern Neolithic / early Jamshedpur

Kuchai — Singhbhum Neolith and Megalith in Jharkhand, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Eastern Neolithic / early Jamshedpur.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Carnac — Kerlescan Alignments Sector

Neolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic

Westernmost major Carnac alignments sector east of Kermario, with dense rows and western horseshoe cromlech excavated by Zacharie Le Rouzic.

🇮🇳 India · Megalith

Piklihal — Lingasugur Ash Mound

South Indian Neolithic (2500–1000 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic pastoralist

Piklihal — Lingasugur Ash Mound in Karnataka, India is a South Indian Neolithic (2500–1000 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic pastoralist.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Cairn de Gavrinis Annex — Er Lannic Double Cromlech

Late Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic

Unique tidal double circle excavated by Le Rouzic, half-submerged at high tide revealing Neolithic sea-level, with horseshoe settings.

🇺🇸 United States · Megalith

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Late Prehistoric 1200–1700 CE · Plains Indians

24 m medicine wheel 28 spokes, solstice alignments.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Rudston Monolith

Late Neolithic (1600 BCE? — stone older) · Grooved Ware

Rudston Monolith in East Yorkshire, Wolds, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (1600 BCE? — stone older) megalithic attributed to Grooved Ware culture.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Merry Maidens Stone Circle — St Buryan

Late Neolithic – Bronze Age · Cornish Late Neolithic

Merry Maidens Stone Circle — St Buryan in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Cornish Late Neolithic.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith