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A menhir (/ ˈ m ɛ n h ɪər /; [1] from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long" [2]), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be found individually as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar ...
The Ménec alignments, the best-known megalithic site among the Carnac stones Stones in the Kerlescan alignments Megalithic alignments at Carnac Le Menec alignments. The Carnac stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli ...
Ballycleagh Standing Stones, grid ref: D2485 3339 [2] Ballycowan Rath, rath and souterrain, grid ref: J1340 9927 [2] Ballycraigy Mound, grid ref: J1710 8552 [2] Ballyharry; Ballylumford Dolmen (aka Druid's Altar), Islandmagee, portal tomb, grid ref: D4304 0160; Ballynashee and Ballyalbanagh, Hilltop round cairn, grid ref: J2778 9794
Castlenalacht Stone Row: Cork-Stone row - Castlestrange stone: Roscommon-standing stone - Cloghanmore: Donegal-court tomb - Cohaw: Cavan-court tomb - Corick: Londonderry: stone circles - Coom Wedge Tomb: Kerry
Cú Chulainn ties himself to a standing stone — traditionally Clochafarmore ("Stone of the Big Man"), which had been erected to mark the grave of a past great warrior. [5] Cú Chulainn continues to fight his enemies, and it is only when a raven (the traditional form of The Morrígan) lands on his shoulder that his enemies believe he is dead ...
The standing stone was probably erected at some time in the Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (4000 BC to 1500 BC), and Pictish symbols were later engraved at some time in the Late Iron Age to Early Medieval period (500 AD to 700 AD) on its north face. The symbols are a salmon above a double-disc with a Z-rod. When first recorded in 1780, a circle ...
The Rudston Monolith at over 25 feet (7.6 m) is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom. It is situated in the churchyard in the village of Rudston ( grid reference TA098678 ) in the East Riding of Yorkshire .
The Menhir de Champ-Dolent (French: [meniʁ də ʃɑ̃ dɔlɑ̃]; Breton: Maen-hir dolenn) is a menhir, or upright standing stone, located in a field outside the town of Dol-de-Bretagne. It is the second largest standing stone in Brittany and is over 9 metres high.