Uley Shrine: Hetty Pegler's Tump had a close neighbour, also originally from the Neolithic, with quite the narrative arc which sadly ended around 1200 years ago.
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Megaliths and✨SO MUCH✨more. Browse our🗿WORLDWIDE 📜 ancient site 🗺️ map/database/gallery. 🪨 Human prehistory🦣 to🏺1100CE 🏛️ Andy B posting✨ Main site: https://www.megalithic.co.uk More: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/linktree/
Foel Feddau: A damaged cairn which still stands up to 3.4m high. On the summit of Moel feddau, Pembrokeshire . 📷 Bladup More: http://www.megalithi...
Leang Sumpang Bita: From all the rock art sites in celebrated Maros-Pangkep karst area, Leang Sumpang Bita holds probably the most spectacular rock painting you can visit by driving to the site, and is pretty amazing decorated cave in it's own right.
James-Simon-Galerie: Top pic - a statue of a man carrying (?) a leopard. Noreen visited the recent special exhibition: Building community, Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago and kindly sent photos - more of the displays on our page.
Magarsus: An ancient port city, now inland, the city of Magarsus has the remains of a theatre, temple, church and baths. 📷 longhintim More: http://www.megalithi...
Papahi Headland Pa: A small hillfort located on a promontory overlooking the beautiful Tawharanui beaches. The site is a defensive redoubt that would have had palisades as well as the ditch and would have been a place to retreat to in the face of attacks.
Neonteikhos: An ancient Greek settlement in Turkey that dates from at least the 6th century BCE.
Mont d'Hubert Neolithic Camp: A Middle Neolithic hilltop camp at Cap Blanc-Nez, where France comes closest to England, excavated in 2010-2011 by INRAP.
REQUEST FOR UPLOADS - Do you have photos of any of the ancient sites on this list? #StandingStoneSunday Due to over zealous guarding by our security system a few pages were rejecting photos when someone tried to upload one. The photo shown here managed to get through. More 1/
Metepenagiag Oxbow: An archaeological site of rare depth on the north bank of the Little Southwest Miramichi River, at an oxbow bend within the reserve land of the Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation, across the river from the present community.
Parion: One of the most important centres of the Helenistic era. In 2009 a sarcophagus was discovered, dated to 200 BCE. Golden earrings, rings and crown pieces were found in the sarcophagus, which is believed to have belonged to a princess. 📷 longhintim More:
Looking out of the marvellous West Kennett Long Barrow. Have you visited recently? More than 100m long and 2.4m high, this is one of Britain's biggest chambered long barrows, and the 10m long interior chambers are open for viewing. More 1/
Roknia necropolis: A location in Algeria with an astonishing number of tombs, about 3000, situated on a plateau between Djebel Thaya (1200 m) and Djebel Debar (1030 m). The ensemble is arranged over a length of approximately 2 km on the edge of a cliff.
Exploring Avebury Competition - the results!: Lots of entries came in, so thanks to everyone who took the trouble. History Press very kindly let us have three copies of Steve Marshall's Exploring Avebury: The Essential Guide to give away.
College Plantation 1: A long mound with possible chambered tomb in Gloucestershire. Made up of a mound at each end linked together by a joining mound in the centre. 📷 123456789jeagles117 More: http://www.megalithi...
Gadsdorf Wallburg: A Bronze age to Iron age hillfort north of Gadsdorf (Brandenburg, Berlin) on the Höllenberg hill. #HillFortsWednesday A low oval shape of a rampart is still visible. 📷 KaiHofmann More: http://www.megalithi...
Culdoich #ClavaCairn is the most westerly of the ‘Clava cemetery’ near Inverness #TombTuesday #ClavaCairns A few more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
Nearby, with the sounds from the nearby Dinopark drifting though the air, the second little dolmen sits on the park of the Aven Marzal cave. #prehistory #megalithic #megalith #standingstone #tombtuesday @the.stone.club @megalithic.bsky.social
Luton Henge Festival, this Sat/Sun 1st/2nd Aug, Free! Lots of music and art events including Sat: Neolithic Cannibals sound art, Sun: Archaeology walk The 'henge' is eight new standing stones of pale Totternhoe chalk raised in 2025 as an art project. More 1/
Little Sark Dolmen: This dolmen is situated on the island of Sark, just of Guernsey, in the part called Little Sark (as the name suggests). From Sark village follow the signs to La Coupée. Cross La Coupée and follow the road to La Sablonnerie hotel. 📷 Megalithika More:
Dinas Cross Stone: A monolith 2.1m high. A second stone, perhaps a natural boulder, was recorded in an illustration in 1875 and removed about twenty years before 1966. 📷 Bladup More: http://www.megalithi...
Luthor List Mound: An archaeological site of the Adena culture in the southern part of Ohio near Circleville. One of the largest burial mounds in Pickaway County and unlike many in the area it has seen very little damage since settlement of the region.
The Rudston Monolith, East Yorkshire, last weekend. It’s really quite large. Visit it if you ever get the chance, photos don’t do it justice. #StandingStoneSunday #RudstonMonolith #EastYorkshire #Yorkshire @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social
The circle at Aviemore is the remains of one of 50 #ClavaCairns in the Highlands #StandingStoneSunday ... more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
♈️ Jason Behan ♉️@jasonbehan.bsky.social · 2w agoAviemore Stone Circle, Scotland. Hope everyone is OK after the Cairngorm wildfires. #StandingStoneSunday
The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones@megalithic.bsky.social · 4w agoMenhirs dits Les Jumeaux: A pair of menhirs in the commune of St Servais, which can be found close to the road at the northwest of the Duault forest. The northern one #1 is the biggest at 48.38000N 3.39228W. The small one #2 stands more to the south at 48.37994N 3.39219W 📷 Jimwithnoname More:
Loughcrew Cairn N Stones: A broad, lichen-freckled standing stone close to Loughcrew Cairn N. #StandingStoneSunday A record from 1866 describes an avenue or stone row extending east from the cairn, but only this pair of standing stones remain. 📷 thelaoiscyclist More:
Stonehenge Bowl Barrow: "It's never too late for a good summer solstice photo" - Part 2. A Bronze Age bell barrow located about 150 metres to the east of Stonehenge, properly named 'Amesbury 11'. 📷 Bladup More: http://www.megalithi...
