List of megaliths explained
This is a list of megaliths.
Armenia
Bulgaria
Related to quartz-bearing rocks (granite; gneiss): in the Sakar and Strandja Mountains; Sredna Gora Mountain (Buzovgrad).
Czech Republic
- Dolní Chabry
- Drahomyšl
- Družec
- Horoměřice
- Jemníky
- Kersko
- Klobuky, Central Bohemia, some 25 km NW of Prague - GPS: N50°18'4.49", E13°59'4.23". Known as Kamenný pastýř (Stone shepherd), it is the tallest of Czech menhirs, over 3 m (10 ft) tall.
- Klůček
- Ledce
- Louny (Selibice)
- Libenice
- Orasice
- Slaný
- Slavětín
- Tuchlovice
- Vinařice
- Žatec (Březno)
France
Germany
- The Blinkerwall, below the waters of the Bay of Mecklenburg
- Gollenstein, Blieskastel (6.6 m high)[3]
- Spellenstein, St. Ingbert (5 m high)
- Mittelbrunn, Rhineland-Palz
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Malta
The Netherlands
See main article: article and Megaliths in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands megaliths were created with erratics from glaciers in the northeastern part of the country.[10] These megaliths are locally known as hunebedden (hunebeds) and are usually dolmens. Parts of 53 of these hunebeds are known to exist on their original locations.[11]
The different hunebeds are differentiated by province and number. "D" means Drenthe, "G" means Groningen, "O" means Overijssel and "F" means Friesland.
There are also many known hunebeds which disappeared due to different types of activities.[12] They are usually referred to with the number of a nearby existing hunebed and differentiated by lower case letters.
- D6a in Tynaarlo D8a north of Anloo D8b north of Anloo D13a west of Eext: removed and dug away by the owner of the land in 1923 (being enthusiastic about the finds)
- D13b west of Eext
- D13c west of Eext
- D31a south of Exloo (Zuiderveld): boulders removed in between 1855 and 1875
- D32a northwest of Odoorn: last visible remains removed/destroyed in the 19th century
- D32c northwest of Odoorn: last visible remains removed/destroyed in the 19th century
- D32d northwest of Odoorn: possibly destroyed in the early 19th century
- D33 west of Valthe (north of D34): already badly preserved, its last boulders were removed during archaeological research of the 1950s[13]
- D35a southwest of Valthe: on the basis of personal accounts destroyed in the 1870s
- D37a west of Weerdinge and north of Emmen (Valtherbos): excavated in 1837 and destroyed in the period thereafter
- D39a north of Emmen
- D43a west of Emmen: presumably destroyed in the 1860s or 1870s
- D44a in Emmen: destroyed due to the expansion of the city of Emmen
- D52a north of Diever and Wapse (Berkenheuvel)
- D54a southeast of Spier
- D54b east of Hooghalen (Boswachterij Hooghalen)
- D54c east of Hooghalen (Boswachterij Hooghalen)
- F1 south of Rijs (Rijsterbos): destroyed in 1849 during the construction of ditches
- G2 in/around Glimmen: destroyed in the 10th/11th century (on the basis of archaeological research)
- G3 in/around Glimmen: destroyed in the 10th/11th century (on the basis of archaeological research)
- G4 in/around Onnen
- G5 in Heveskesklooster of the former village of Heveskes in the municipality of Eemsdelta: partially destroyed due to natural causes, the other remains were moved to museum Muzeeaquarium in Delfzijl in 1987
- G6 in Heveskesklooster of the former village of Heveskes in the municipality of Eemsdelta: partially destroyed due to natural causes, the other remains were moved to museum Hunebedcentrum in Borger in 1987
- O1 northeast of Steenwijkerwold: boulders thought to be removed in the 19th century
- O2 northeast of Mander, Overijssel
Poland
Portugal
Menires e cromeleques de Portugal
- Menir de Aspradantes
- Menir de Mac Abraão
- Menir de São Paio de Antas
- Menir dos Almendres
- Menires de Lavajo
Romania
Serbia
The graves of the "Latins" and the "Jidovs" near the village Balwan (Bovan), north of Aleksinac in Serbia.[14]
Spain
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
England
- Rudston Monolith, Rudston, Yorkshire
- The Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire
- Drizzlecombe, Dartmoor
- Beardown Man, Dartmoor[15]
- Laughter Tor, near Two Bridges, Dartmoor[16]
- Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall
- Five Kings, Upper Coquerdale, Northumberland[17]
- The Rollright Stones King Stone, Long Compton, Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border
Scotland
- Callanish, Isle of Lewis
- Clach an Trushal, Ballantrushal, Lewis.
- Cuff Hill, near Beith, North Ayrshire.
- Draffen, Stewarton, East Ayrshire.
- Drybridge, North Ayrshire.
- Gigha, Argyll and Bute.
- Granny Kempock Stone, Gourock, Inverclyde
- Lochmaben Stone, Dumfries.
- Machrie Moor Stone Circles, Isle of Arran.
- Millport on Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde.
Wales
- Bryn Dyfrydog Stone, Anglesey
- Clorach Stone, Anglesey
- Cremlyn Stones, Anglesey
- Harold's Stones, Trelleck, Monmouthshire
- Hirdre-Faig, Anglesey
- Llanddona, Anglesey
- Llandegfan, Anglesey
- Llandonna Stone, Anglesey
- Lledwigan Stone, Anglesey
- Maen Chwyf, Rhosybol, Anglesey
- Maen Llech Gwern Farwydd, Anglesey
- Maenaddwyn Stone, Anglesey
- Ynys Fawr Stone, Anglesey
See also
Other lists
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050306054118/http://www.oshte.info/004/000105/01/1801/02.htm Oshte
- http://alas.ifrance.com/gite4.html Le menhir de Peyre quillade
- http://www.tourismus.saarland.de/en/services/intern/736_ENU_tzs.php Gollenstein in Blieskastel
- Marchant. Jo. 25 November 2009. Deep Secrets: Atlit-Yam, Israel. New Scientist. Reed Business Information Ltd.. 2736. 40, 41. 0262-4079. 28 November 2009.
- http://www.valledeimenhir.it/Menhir_en.htm The Prenuragical Village: La valle dei menhir
- [:it:Immagine:Lugnacco menhir.JPG|The Menhir of Lugnacco]
- http://www.gozo.gov.mt/pages.aspx?page=743 Archeological sites: Dawwara standing stone
- http://www.maltesering.com/archaeology_menhir.asp Archaeology of Malta - Menhirs of the Maltese Islands
- http://www.otsf.org/qala.html The Giantess of Qala
- Bakker, J.A. (2005). Funerary buildings from erratic boulders. The construction and function of the hunebedden, in L.P. Louwe Kooijmans, P.W. van den Broeke, H. Fokkens and A.L. van Gijn: The Prehistory of the Netherlands. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 307-310
- https://hunebeddeninfo.nl/bestaande-hunebedden-2/ List of (partially) existing dolmen and their locations in the Northern Netherlands
- https://hunebeddeninfo.nl/overzicht-verdwenen-hunebedden-in-drenthe-en-groningen/ List of dolmen in the northern Netherlands that disappeared
- Ginkel, E. van, S. Jager and W. van der Sanden (2005). Hunebedden, monumenten van een Steentijdcultuur. Abcoude: Uniepers. Page 195
- Web site: The Megalithic Monuments of Dacia . 14 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090913115210/http://www.pelasgians.bigpondhosting.com/website1/09_01.htm . 13 September 2009 .
- http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/bear_down2.htm Legendary Dartmoor: Beardown Man
- http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/laughter_tor.htm Legendary Dartmoor: Prehistoric Laughter Tor
- http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0022940.html Menhir: Hutchinson's Encyclopaedia
