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27 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early Neolithic – Chalcolithic (c.3500–2800 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic (Almendres tradition)
Reguengos twin antas in shared mound — Anta 1 with 16 m corridor, 4 m polygonal chamber and schist plaques (3500 BCE).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Byzantine (legionary 1st–2nd c; civil to 7th c) · Berber / Roman / Byzantine; dolmens Berber
Frontier legion fortress 14 CE of Legio III Augusta with Byzantine mega-fort and 100+ Bronze Age haouanet dolmens on hills.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
Regional Classic 1–900 CE (Early 1–300, Middle 300–800, Late 800–900) · Agustinian (San Agustín culture, undetermined linguistic affiliation, Colombian massif)
Largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in Latin America: 500+ monumental tombs, volcanic tuff statues (5.5 m ‘Double of San Agustín’ double-figure, Eagle devouring snakes),…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (7th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 2nd c) · Numidian / Punic / Roman / Early Christian
12-ha Dorsale hilltop city with Hadrian arch, forum, and 500+ dolmen necropolis showing Numidian continuity.
🇸🇾 Syria · Megalith
PPNB to Middle Bronze Age (8700–2000 BCE; dolmens EB I–MB) · PPNB (southern Syria) → Ghassulian → EBA Hauran megalithic
PPNB ritual tell capped by Syria's largest basalt dolmen necropolis (>200 dolmens).
🇸🇾 Syria · Megalith
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.4500–3000 BCE), some PPN reuse · Leja megalithic (Ghassulian–EB I)
Leja dolmen necropolis (232 dolmens, Chalcolithic–EB, basalt capstones 5 t) south of Tell Qarassa.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (c.4000–3500 BCE) · Carnac–Morbihan Neolithic
Crucuno (Middle Neolithic c.4000–3500 BCE) near Crucuno hamlet between Plouharnel and Erdeven is a rare double monument: a 7.5-m classic dolmen passage grave with 40-t capstone 5 m high plus an…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early–Middle Neolithic (c.3800–3200 BCE) · Northern Portuguese Megalithic (Beira Alta)
Anta de Pendilhe (called Orca de Pendilhe, Neolithic c.3800–3200 BCE) is a classic Beira Alta polygonal dolmen on the Dão plateau near Vila Nova de Paiva, with seven granite uprights 3.5 m tall…
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Early Bronze Age; Late Maikop → Novosvobodnaya → Dolmen culture · Maikop → Novosvobodnaya (dolmen phase) → Yamnaya fringe
Late Maïkop–Novosvobodnaya dolmen kurgans (3300–2600 BCE) under kurgan mounds — 5 m slab dolmen with Mesopotamian cylinder seal, bridging Maïkop elite to Yamnaya.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200–2500 BCE) · Seine-Oise-Marne (SOM) — Atlantic Neolithic
Concentrated group of two gallery dolmens (Wéris I and Oppagne), three menhir fields and the Danthine and Oppagne stone alignments on a 8 km ridge near Wéris in the Ardennes.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Andalusian Chalcolithic / Millares influence
21 m passage dolmen near Huelva with 63 engraved orthostats under 60 m tumulus, 3000-2500 BCE.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian / Roman (Hellenistic to Late Antique) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Numidian–Roman hill city with neo-Punic mausoleum, dolmens and Trajan's arch.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Thubursicum Bure (modern Téboursouk) controls the Khalled–Siliana pass, a Berbero-Roman municipium with Massylian roots.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Alentejo Megalithic / Évora group
Iberia's largest dolmen near Évora — seven 8 m pillars with 12 m corridor, 4000-3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Penwith portal dolmen — 5.5 m capstone (12 t) on three 1.5 m uprights, collapsed 1815 and reset lower.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Middle Neolithic to Bronze Age · Funnel Beaker → Corded Ware → Bronze Age
Lüneburg Heath megalithic necropolis of four Funnel Beaker long dolmens spanning 3400-1000 BCE on heath ridge.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker Culture West Group (TRB)
Netherlands' largest hunebed — 22.6 m passage grave with 9 capstones of Scandinavian erratics, c.3400 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
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.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Andalusian Neolithic / Guadalquivir Megalithic
20 m Andalusian corridor dolmen in Cádiz hills with painted orthostats and 30 m tumulus, c.4000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Loire Neolithic / Chambon group
Largest French dolmen — 23 m long passage of taf limestone slabs with 40-tonne capstones near Saumur.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age · Cotswold Neolithic to Beaker
Neolithic-Bronze Age complex with King's Men circle, Whispering Knights dolmen and King Stone monolith on Cotswold ridge.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB / Tragtbægerkultur)
Danish cemetery of three dolmens and passage grave plus timber cult house showing Funnel Beaker evolution, c.3200 BCE.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Alentejo-Extremadura Megalithic
Large Extremadura passage dolmen with 4.5 m granite orthostats and 14 m corridor near Mérida, c.3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Preseli Early Neolithic
Wales' largest portal dolmen with 16-tonne capstone on three 2.4 m orthostats.
