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CategoriesMenhirs
Every place in the atlas labelled menhirs.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BCE) · Late Neolithic / Chalcolithic Peak District
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Chalcolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic (c.4800–3500 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Carnac tradition)
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic (c.4000–3500 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic (Évora tradition)
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic (c.4800–3500 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Carnac tradition)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BCE) · Late Neolithic / Chalcolithic Peak District
2.2 m leaning gritstone monolith on Gardom's Edge — purported Neolithic seasonal sundial on Peak District scarp.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Chalcolithic (c.4000–3000 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic
Squared (7 x 7 m) Alentejo cromlech of 55 small monoliths around 4 m phallic central menhir with cupules — moved for Alqueva dam.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic (c.5000–4000 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Brittany)
Europe's tallest upright menhir (9.5 m, 150 t) — Brittany granite giant with twin basal bosses, lightning-shorn.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic (c.4800–3500 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Carnac tradition)
Largest Carnac alignment — 982 menhirs in 10 rows (1,120 m) between Ménec and Kerlescan with Kermario dolmen inside.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic (c.4000–3500 BCE) · Alentejo Megalithic (Évora tradition)
U-shaped Alentejo cromlech (34 menhirs, 10 x 12 m) near Almendres — open eastern entrance intermediate to squared Xerez.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic (c.4800–3500 BCE) · Armorican Neolithic (Carnac tradition)
Eastern Carnac alignment: 555 stones in 13 rows (880 m) ending in semicircular cromlech and 6.5 m Manio giant.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic inland megalithic
Inland Brittany's 400-stone alignment — 500 m rows of quartzite menhirs (to 4.5 m) buried under forest, restored 1990s.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Western Brittany Neolithic (Océan Atlantic Megalithic)
Crozon's triple stone rows — 72 menhirs (to 2.1 m) in three 200 m parallel alignments near Camaret.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Morbihan megalithic
1.1 km Morbihan alignment of 190 menhirs in 10 rows south of Kerzerho, with circular enclosure and dolmens.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Corsican Megalithic → Torréen (Bronze Age)
Corsican valley site with Torréen statue-menhirs bearing sculpted swords and faces protected by cyclopean towers, 3500-1200 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic
Tallest menhir in Brittany — 9.3 m rose granite monolith near Dol-de-Bretagne, c.5000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle to Late Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic
Over 3,000 standing stones in three major alignments (Ménec, Kermario, Kerlescan) extending 4 km, plus dolmens and tumuli. Earliest European megalithic region (Antiquity 2025).
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic · Morbihan Neolithic
Er Grah Tumulus & Grand Menhir Brisé in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic attributed to Morbihan Neolithic culture.
