An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Audleystown Court Tomb

Early Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb

Dual court tomb above Strangford Lough narrows, two opposed galleries, eight chambers, 34 burials, c.3900 BCE.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Goward Dolmen

Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb

Massive portal tomb between Hilltown and Castlewellan, granite capstone on cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Ballyalton Court Tomb

Early Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb

Rock-outcrop court tomb east of Downpatrick, type site for Ballyalton bowls, c.4000 BCE.