🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Dowth Passage Tomb North — Brú na Bóinne
Neolithic (c.3200 BCE) · Boyne Neolithic
Dowth excavated by Coffey 1847 and recent Gallagher, with sunset alignment late November, large kerbstone art.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 979 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 66 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 84 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 85 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 89 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200 BCE) · Boyne art tradition
Knowth satellite mound N, decorated K13 excavated by Eogan, with classic Boyne passage-art facing Newgrange at winter solstice.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic (c.3200 BCE) · Boyne Neolithic
Dowth excavated by Coffey 1847 and recent Gallagher, with sunset alignment late November, large kerbstone art.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (2600–2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Solitary outlier 80 m beyond Ring of Brodgar ditch, thought to mark northern lunar minor standstill sightline from henge centre.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Megalith
Korean Bronze Age (1000–500 BCE) · Mumun / Korean Bronze dolmen builders
Gochang Jungnim-ri excavated 1980s, largest capstone 5.6 m, UNESCO 2000 with Hwasun, Ganghwa.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Iron Age megalithic (1000 BCE–300 CE) · Vidarbha megalithic
Junapani — Nagpur Stone Circle Field in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age megalithic (1000 BCE–300 CE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Mid Neolithic (3450–2800 BCE) · Unstan Ware
Loch of Stenness-shore cairn excavated by Clouston 1884, style-site for Unstan pottery, yielding crouched burials and Grooved Ware later.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4500–3000 BCE) · Morbihan Neolithic
Erdeven forest necropolis stretching 2 km inland from Kerzerho alignments, with 1000+ menhirs and 50 dolmens surveyed by FOR.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) 4-antas series along 1 km corde · Vale de Rodrigo Neolithic necropolis 4 dolmens 4000–3000
Vale Rodrigo Leisner 4-antas.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Rousay hillside cairn excavated by Callander & Grant 1934, yielding 29 individuals and Unstan Ware; managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
PPN (9600–8600 BCE) · Göbeklian
Tek Tek pillar site excavated since 2019, part of 12-site Taş Tepeler, yielding giant human figure holding phallus and vulture pillar.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Bronze Age · Penwith Bronze Age
Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Penwith Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic (2400 BCE) · Penwith
Chûn Quoit — Penwith in Cornwall, West Penwith, United Kingdom is a Neolithic (2400 BCE) megalithic attributed to Penwith culture. Detailed survey and excavation document architectural phasing.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic (3300–3000 BCE) · Carrowkeel-Keshcorran group
Bricklieve Cairn K excavated by Macalister 1911, with cremations, bone pins and Carrowkeel Ware, views to Kesh above.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200–2300 BCE) · Grooved Ware
Major Ness excavated by Card 2004–, Grooved Ware centre linking Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Chalcolithic (2500–2000 BCE) · Irish Chalcolithic
Poulnabrone's lesser-known sister wedge tomb on Poulawack plateau in the Burren, a well-preserved wedge-shaped gallery grave with double-walled construction set in limestone pavement.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4200 BCE) Redondo Candieira rectangular cromlech 15 × 12 m door-framed 4 m · Redondo Neolithic Candieira cluster 4200
Candieira door cromlech.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (2900–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic Hebridean
Lewis's Callanish IV, 3 km S of Callanish I, with elliptical setting and cairn, excavated depression 1960s.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Iron Age (800–300 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Iron Age transitional
Ori — Orsang Valley Megalithic Circle in Gujarat, India is a Iron Age (800–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Chalcolithic–Iron Age transitional.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Cornish Neolithic
Zennor Quoit — West Penwith in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.
