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United Kingdom

533 places in the atlas, 30 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

Kinds found here

Megaliths366
Chambered cairns99
Ancient villages67
Archaeological wonders64
Earthworks56
Stone circles42
Hillforts32
Chambered tombs16
Henges16
Long barrows16
Settlements16
Dolmens15

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Verified501
Accepted22
Contested3
Hypothetical5
Pseudo2

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Orkney, Scotland156
Cornwall, England34
Orkney15
Somerset, South West England11
Wiltshire, England11
Kilmartin Glen, Argyll and Bute, Scotland7

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Verified501 Widely accepted22 Contested3

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Aberdeenshire, Scotland5

Anglesey, Wales5

County Down, Northern Ireland5

Orkney Islands, Scotland5

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Excavation

Partially excavated295 Excavated188 Excavation ongoing26 Unexcavated12 Not applicable7 Submerged5

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Ancient villages

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Halangy Down Ancient Village — St Mary's

Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) · Scillonian Iron Age

Halangy Down Ancient Village — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Scillonian Iron Age.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Howick Mesolithic House

Mesolithic (7800 BCE) · Mesolithic Howick

Howick Mesolithic House in Northumberland, North East England, United Kingdom is a Mesolithic (7800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mesolithic Howick culture.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Must Farm Pile Dwelling

Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury

Must Farm Pile Dwelling in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre

Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Grimspound

Late Bronze Age (1300–600 BCE) · Dartmoor Bronze Age (Trevisker)

Late Bronze Age enclosed settlement (c. 1300–600 BCE) in a valley between Hamel Down and Hookney Tor, comprising a 150 m diameter stone wall enclosing 24 hut circles (2–5 m diameter) with paved…

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site

Doggerland

Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic · Maglemosian / Mesolithic hunter-gatherers

Vast Mesolithic plain linking Britain to Europe (11000–5500 BCE) with river valleys, forests, hunting camps surveyed via seismic and cores; inundated by post-glacial rise and Storegga tsunami 6200…

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Pengersick Enclosed Hut Group

Iron Age – Romano-British · Dumnonii

Pengersick Enclosed Hut Group in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces

Bronze Age · Cornish Bronze Age

St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Sancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny

Iron Age · Dumnonii

Sancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Cott Valley Hut Settlement — St Just

Iron Age · Dumnonii

Cott Valley Hut Settlement — St Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Gunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar

Bronze Age · Cornish Bronze Age

Gunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Brough of Birsay

Pictish (7th–9th c.) and Norse (9th–12th c.) · Pictish / Norse (Earldom of Orkney)

Tidal islet at Birsay linked by causeway, famous for Pictish and Norse settlements overlapping. Pictish symbol stones and Norse earldom complex (9th–11th c.) with broch foundations underneath.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Godrevy Headland Hut Circles

Bronze Age · Cornish Bronze Age

Godrevy Headland Hut Circles in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Porthgwarra Fogou — St Levan

Iron Age · Dumnonii

Porthgwarra Fogou — St Levan in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii. Small coastal fogou with corbelled chamber near Logan Rock headland.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Skara Brae

Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic

Exceptionally preserved Late Neolithic stone-built village of eight clustered houses with stone furniture, hearths and drains. Revealed 1850 after storm, often called Scotland's answer to Pompeii.