Megalithic monuments Megalithic monuments Ale's Stones (Ales stenar in Swedish) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden, from circa 500 BC, that is, the end of the Nordic Bronze Age and the beginning of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ale's Stones"
The Almendres Cromlech megalithic complex, located near Evora - Portugal, is one mankind’s first public monuments. It's the largest existing group of structured menhirs in the Iberian Peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Almendres Cromlech"
Anta Grande do Zambujeiro is a megalithic monument located near Evora - Portugal, one of the biggest existing in the Iberian Peninsula. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anta Grande do Zambujeiro"
British Archaeologists refine the general archaeological use of avenue to denote a long, parallel-sided strip of land, measuring up to about 30m in width, open at either end and with edges marked by stone or timber alignments and/or a low earth bank and ditch. The term is used for such features all over the British Isles but they are concentrated in the centre and south of England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avenue (archaeology)"
The Blythe Intaglios are a group of gigantic figures found on the ground near Blythe, California. The intaglios are found east of the Big Maria Mountains, about 15 miles north of downtown Blythe just west of U.S. Highway 95 near the Colorado River. The largest human figure is 171 feet long. The intaglios are best viewed from the air. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blythe Intaglios"
Carnac is a village and commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany ( ) and part of the Morbihan département of northwestern France. Its inhabitants are called Carnacois. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carnac"
A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. In the case of individual burials, the chamber is thought to signify a higher status for the interree than a simple grave. Built from rock or sometimes wood, the chambers could also serve as places for storage of the dead from one family or social group and were often used over long periods for the placemnet of multiple burials. There are numerous terms for them depending on the period, design and region in question. Most were built from large stones or megaliths and covered by cairns, barrows or earth, but the term is also applied to tombs cut directly into rock and wooden-chambered tombs covered with earth barrows. Grave goods are a common characteristic of chamber tomb burials. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chamber tomb"
Corick is a megalithic site in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It includes a stone circle and a stone row. The Corick stone circles and alignments are located 2 km north east of Ballybriest court-tomb. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corick"
Cromlech is a Celtic word ( Breton/ Welsh) used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means "bent" and llech means " flagstone". The term is now virtually obsolete in archaeology but remains in use as a colloquial term for dolmens, the remains of stone chamber tombs. It is widely used in France to describe stone circles – a use also made by the British archaeologist Aubrey Burl – and occasionally it is used to describe more complex examples of megalithic architecture, such as the Almendres Cromlech in Portugal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cromlech"
The Devil's Arrows are three naturally-shaped stones in an alignment erected near where the A1 road now crosses the River Ure at Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire, England ( ). Distinctively grooved by millenia of rainfall, they are 25 foot tall and stand 150 feet from the modern roadway. It is thought that the alignment originally included up to five stones. ...more on Wikipedia about "Devil's Arrows"
Dolmens (also known as cromlechs, Hünengräber, Hunebedden and quoits) are megalithic tombs consisting of large stones (" megaliths") set in formation and originally covered with earth or more, smaller stones. In many cases the covering has been weathered away leaving only the stone 'skeleton' of the monument. They are a single chamber type of megalithic tomb. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dolmen"
Erdeven is a commune in southern Brittany (Bretagne), France. It has around 2500 inhabitants and its main industry is tourism. Attractions include a seven kilometre-long beach beside the Atlantic and many prehistoric sites featuring megaliths. The Mané-Croch, Mané-Bras and Crucuno dolmens and the Kerzerho alignments lie just outside the commune. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erdeven"
Gårdlösa is the site of an Iron Age settlement in the parish of Smedstorp in Skåne, Sweden. It was inhabited shortly during the late Nordic Bronze Age, and from the 1st century BC– 11th century AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gårdlösa"
Ġgantija (also Ggantia) is a megalithic temple complex on the Mediterranean island of Gozo (part of Malta). The two temples of Ġgantija on the island of Gozo are notable for their gigantic Neolithic structures, which were erected during the Neolithic Age (c. 3600-2500 BCE). At more than 6000 years old, the Ġgantija temples are the world's oldest free-standing structures, and the world's oldest religious structures, pre-dating the Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge. The temples were possibly the site of an Earth Mother Goddess Fertility Cult, with numerous figurines and statues found on site believed to be connected with that cult. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ġgantija"
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Ha'amonga 'A Maui - A massive 12-ton stone trilithon in Tonga on the island of Tongatapu constructed out of three limestone slabs. Built around the 13th century under the king Tu'itatui, its purpose is not fully understood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ha'amonga 'A Maui"
Kerzerho lies approximately 8 km northwest of Carnac in the Erdeven commune of Brittany (Bretagne), France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kerzerho"
Kokino ( Macedonian: Кокино) is important ancient observatory discovered in 2001 in the northeastern Republic of Macedonia, approximately 30 km from the town of Kumanovo, near the village of Staro Nagorichane. It is situated on 1013 m above the sea level and covers an area within a 100-meter radius. It is believed that represents an astronomical observatory and a ceremonial place. The cite is old approximately 3800 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kokino"
Medicine wheels are stone structures built by the natives of North America for various spiritual and ritual purposes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Medicine wheel"
A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones. Megalithic means made of such stones, but uses a interlocking system without the use of mortar or cement. The word megalith comes from the Ancient Greek megas meaning large, and lithos meaning stone. ...more on Wikipedia about "Megalith"
A Megalithic tomb is an above ground burial place for the dead, built from large stone slabs laid ( megaliths) on edge which were then covered with earth or more, smaller stones. It is a type of chamber tomb used to describe the structures built across Atlantic Europe, the Mediterranean and neighbouring regions, mostly during the Neolithic period. They differ from the contemporary long barrows through their structural use of stone and may contain cremations or articulated or disarticulated inhumations which were kept in the more accessible stone chambers, unlike those simply buried underneath barrows. ...more on Wikipedia about "Megalithic tomb"
A menhir is a large, single upright standing stone (monolith or megalith), of prehistoric European origin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Menhir"
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Menhirs continued to be raised in Scandinavia during the Pre-Roman Iron Age and later, over the graves of deceased. In Sweden, they are called bautastenar or resta stenar (raised stones). They were raised both as solitary stones and in formations, such as the stone ships and the stone circles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Menhir (Iron Age)"
Merrivale is a megalithic site in the south-west of Dartmoor, Devon. Although it has been diminished over time, the site includes a 3.8m standing stone, a stone circle and a stone row. ...more on Wikipedia about "Merrivale"
Mnajdra is a site containing three ancient temples on the island of Malta. It is very near Ħaġar Qim. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mnajdra"
An orthostat is a large stone set upright. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orthostat" This text is made for www.shortopedia.com Megalithic_monuments
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