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The word dolmen entered archaeology when Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne used it to describe megalithic tombs in his Origines gauloises (1796) using the spelling dolmin (the current spelling was introduced about a decade later and had become standard in French by about 1885).
Hwasun Dolmen site is located in the valleys around the Jiseokgang River, [1] which connects Hyosan-ri, Dogok-myeon, and Dasin-ri, Chunyang-myeon. The dolmen scattered around Hyosan-ri, Dogok-myeon is estimated to be the dolmen of 135 out of a total of 980 stone structures. These dolmens are less well preserved than the Jungnim-ri group. [17]
Interior of the dolmen, looking outwards. The Dolmen of Menga (Spanish: Dolmen de Menga) is a megalithic burial mound called a tumulus, a long barrow form of dolmen, dating from 3750–3650 BCE approximately. It is near Antequera, Málaga, Spain. It is one of the largest known ancient megalithic structures in Europe.
Eturnagaram in Mulugu district, dolmen are located in the forest in Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary. Tadvai in Bhupalpally district, the archaeology department found the megalithic dolmens at the forest near Tadwai. Thatikonda in Jangaon district, dolmen were found by the historical researcher Ratnakar Reddy.
Each of the 32 colossal stones that make up the Menga Dolmen, a 5,600-year-old megalithic monument in southern Spain, is many times bigger than the largest megaliths at Stonehenge, the most famous ...
Dolmen pyramid in Mamed Canyon. One of the most interesting megalithic complexes – group of three dolmens - stands in a row on a hill above Zhane River on the Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar area near Gelendzhik, Russia. In this area there is a great concentration of all types of megalithic sites including settlements and dolmen cemeteries.
This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
The Dolmen of Guadalperal completely visible due to a low water level in the Valdecañas reservoir. The Dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the Treasure of Guadalperal and as the Spanish Stonehenge for its resemblance to the English Stonehenge, [1] is a megalithic monument dating from around 5000 BC and are thus 2000 years older than the earliest phases of Stonehenge.