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🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (earliest) · Armorican Early Neolithic
Barnenez Passage Mound in Brittany, Finistère, France is a Neolithic (earliest) megalithic attributed to Armorican Early Neolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Armorican Late Neolithic
Secondary allée couverte near La Roche aux Fées at Essé (c. 3000 BCE), 8 m gallery in schist with orthostats and capstones, smaller companion to famous 19.5 m La Roche aux Fées, demonstrating…
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Wartberg
Wartberg culture gallery grave (c. 3000 BCE) at Lohra, Hesse, 20 m long gallery with sandstone orthostats, perforated door-stone and collective burials for ~20 individuals.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Early Neolithic (3800–3600 BCE) · Northwest Irish Neolithic
Kilclooney More portal dolmen on the Donegal coast north of Ardara, a dramatic tripod dolmen with tilted capstone on slender portal orthostats overlooking Donegal Bay; intact burial chamber never…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Medway Megaliths
Coldrum Long Barrow (Coldrum Stones) in Kent, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Medway Megaliths culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2500 BCE) Middle Atlas · Neolithic Atlas Berber pastoral
Middle Atlas circles surveyed.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Armorican Late Neolithic
Gallery dolmen (allée couverte) at Trégastel, Côte de Granit Rose (c. 3200–2600 BCE), 11 m long gallery in pink granite with 16 orthostats and capstones, entrance flanked by portal stones, tumulus…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic
Er Grah Tumulus & Grand Menhir Brisé in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic attributed to Morbihan Neolithic culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Wartberg
Wartberg passage grave at Rimbeck near Warburg (c. 3400–3000 BCE), 18 m gallery with limestone orthostats, antechamber and 10+ burials.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Early Bronze Age · Bonnannaro / Nuragic
Li Lolghi Giants' Tomb in Sardinia, Olbia-Tempio, Italy is a Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Bonnannaro / Nuragic culture.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker West Group (TRB)
TRB West Group hunebed D13 at Eext (c. 3350 BCE), 18 m enclosure with 4 capstones on heath, one of 53 Drenthe hunebeds.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Period Classical · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Hillfort Rampart Asia 90 — South Korea Region 6 in South Korea Region 6, South Korea is a Bronze Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker (TRB) — Emsland Group
TRB passage grave at Barnstorf (c. 3500 BCE), Emsland-type hunebed 22 m long enclosure with chamber and cup-marked capstone, in Lower Saxon plain. Excavated 19th century with funnel beakers and amber.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
The Great dolmen of Dwasieden (German: Großdolmen von Dwasieden), is a great dolmen in the borough of Sassnitz, on the Jasmund peninsula of Germany's largest island, Rügen.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Neolithic – Early Copper Age (c.3850–3000 BCE) · Antequera Chalcolithic / Alcoreños
Antequera World Heritage (70 m from Menga) — 21 m corridor dolmen with 27 orthostats and equinox orientation.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
South Indian Neolithic (2500–1000 BCE) → Megalithic Iron (1000–300) → Mauryan (260 BCE) → Satavahana · Southern Neolithic → Megalithic → Mauryan (Ashoka)
Southern Deccan Neolithic–Megalithic–Mauryan hill complex (c.2500 BCE–300 CE) at Brahmagiri granite dome near Molakalmuru, Chitradurga — 1 km outcrop with Neolithic ash-mound, Megalithic cists and…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic
Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Western Terrace in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Chalcolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500-2500 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Grotte des Fees Dolmen Arles Annex — Western Terrace in Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France is a Late Neolithic (3500-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic
Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Northern Annex in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Chalcolithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Intermediate pre-Inca hypothetically Chachapoya fringe or colonial hypothesis Late Intermediate contested · Chachapoyas fringe / possibly 19th c. coffee retaining (unvalidated)
Megalithic andesite wall 80×3.2 m on Caynarachi terrace 1100 m — polygonal dry coursing with chamfer notch, terrace 40×30 m, ware 800–1400 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Shetland Neolithic
Stanydale Temple Annex Shetland — Southern Extension in Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Shetland Neolithic.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic
Poulnabrone Exclave Wedge Terrace — Eastern Outlier in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland is a Chalcolithic (2500-2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Chalcolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
