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Megalithic monuments in the United Kingdom (7 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Megalithic monuments in Europe" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
List of megalithic sites; List of tallest statues; List of statues; List of colossal sculpture in situ; List of archaeoastronomical sites sorted by country; List of Egyptian pyramids; List of Mesoamerican pyramids
The most common type of megalithic construction in Europe is the portal tomb—a chamber consisting of upright stones with one or more large flat capstones forming a roof. Many portal tombs have been found to contain human remains, but it is debated if their primary function was use as burial sites.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Megalithic monuments in Asia (5 C) Megalithic monuments in Europe (11 C, 36 P) A. Megalithic art (1 C, 1 P) D.
Entries contain descriptions, on-page maps, comments and photographs from visitors, with links to local weather, accommodation, aerial views and further websites (over 20,000). Over 60 site types include stone and timber circles, rows, barrows and tombs of all sorts, surviving and destroyed; The interactive Megalith Map covers the whole of Europe.
A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being built between 3300 to 2500 BC.
Where menhirs appear in groups, often in a circular, oval, henge, or horseshoe formation, they are sometimes called megalithic monuments. These are sites of ancient religious ceremonies, sometimes containing burial chambers. [7] The exact function of menhirs has provoked more debate than practically any other issue in European prehistory.
Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England, which megalithic specialist Aubrey Burl called "the loveliest of all the circles" in north-western Europe. [1]The stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany are a megalithic tradition of monuments consisting of standing stones arranged in rings.