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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (c.3500–2500 BCE) · British Late Neolithic (Grooved Ware)
Thornborough Henges (Neolithic c.3500–2500 BCE) are Britain's finest henge alignment: three huge circular earthworks 240 m diameter each, bank 2 m high with outer ditch and twin entrances aligned…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (c.3200–2500 BCE) · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
Late Neolithic village on Loch of Harray with 15 houses and ceremonial hall Structure 8 facing the Stones of Stenness.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic (5500–3500) → Chalcolithic–copper (3500–1300 BCE) · Vindhyan Belan Neolithic–Chalcolithic (Tokwa culture)
Southern Belan Neolithic–Chalcolithic site (c.5000–1300 BCE) at the Vindhya–Ganga junction near the Belan–Tons confluence in Mirzapur district — Tokwa excavated 2000–02 by J.N. Pal and M.C.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BCE) · Late Neolithic / Chalcolithic Limerick
Ireland's largest stone circle (46 m, 113 stones) — embanked, contiguous orthostats on Lough Gur shore.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Early to Late Neolithic (c.5800–3300 BCE) · Thessalian Neolithic (Sesklo–Dimini sequence)
Sesklo (Early to Middle Neolithic c.5800–4400 BCE, Chalcolithic to 3300 BCE) is Thessaly's classic tell settlement 8 km west of Volos, a 13-m stratigraphic mound (Sesklo A acropolis 100 × 80 m) plus…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Neolithic (Halaf–Hassuna), c.6200-5800 BCE (Neolithic, burn layer) · Halaf
Tell Sabi Abyad Balikh Valley (Raqqa): 5 ha tell (mound 10 m high) excavated by Peter Akkermans (Leiden/Amsterdam 1986–): Operation I Burnt Village 6000 BCE — intact burned houses with 3D preserved…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Windmill Hill / Wessex Neolithic
Timber-then-stone double circles (40 m outer) at SE end of West Kennet Avenue — Avebury's mortuary terminus.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Old Yonaguni Platform II — Yonaguni (58-07) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Antalya-Lake District → Early Bronze (Taurus piedmont)
Neolithic to Early Bronze tell (c.6500–2800 BCE, 9 levels) at Taurus foothills / Antalya plain ecotone, excavated 1993–2004 by Refik Duru & Gülsün Umurtak.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Meroe Ridge South — Meroe (56-30) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Shetland Late Neolithic / Beaker
Shetland's largest Neolithic hall — 12×7 m heel-cairn hall with 3 m thick walls, c.2500 BCE.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Lepenski Vir — Sector C Trapezoidal House C44 in Bor District, Donji Milanovac, Serbia is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attri…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Multi-period: Neolithic to Medieval (c.2500 BCE–1600 CE) · Neolithic → Bronze Age → Iron Age (Broch) → Pictish → Norse
4,000-year layered settlement mound at Shetland's southern tip with broch, wheelhouses, Viking longhouse and medieval farm.
🇨🇱 Chile · Cave
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Sanctuary-Wall Grotto in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) cave attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Hillfort
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Kurgan Ton Hillfort in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) hillfort attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Tripod portal tomb at foot of Slieve Gullion on 30 m cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Cave
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Workshop Earthwork Cave in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) cave attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic–Chalcolithic–Iron Age 2500 BCE–600 CE · Neolithic Gangetic / Narhan culture precursor
Lowland Neolithic–Chalcolithic mound (2500 BCE–140 CE) at Ganga–Ghaghara confluence, Saran, Bihar, with 42 ft cultural deposit and continuous sequence Neolithic → Chalcolithic → Iron Age →…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early–Middle Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Stalled cairn on Rousay with tripartite chamber, 29 burials, c.3500 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (6000–5000 BCE; Levels I–III) · Cappadocian Neolithic–Chalcolithic with Halaf links
Neolithic skull-cult village 6000 BCE — plastered skulls and relief houses.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Cumbria / Langdale axe network
Late Neolithic flattened circle of 38 stones near Keswick with rectangular eastern enclosure and fells panorama.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Jersey Gallery Grave
Gallery grave near Gorey guardhouse (1689), St Martin, Jersey, 6 m gallery, coastal, c.3500 BCE.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early to Late Neolithic · Alentejo Megalithic
Largest megalithic complex in Iberia and among oldest in Europe: 95 granite menhirs/stones in double oval (E-W aligned), decorated with cup-marks and croziers, set in cork-oak forest near Almendres.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Severn-Cotswold Neolithic
Severn-Cotswold long cairn near Cardiff with Britain's largest capstone at 40 tonnes.
