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9,961 sources · Websites

Websitepop.culture.gouv.fr

Tumulus Saint-Michel — Mérimée PA00091092

Mérimée / UNESCO Tentative Carnac · 2024 · Mérimée

47.5883,-3.0794, 125m×12m, 39 axes

Tumulus Saint-Michel at Carnac

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitekamyanamohyla.com.ua

Kamyana Mohyla National Reserve

Reserve Administration · 2023 · UNESCO

Kamyana Mohyla (Stone Grave)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteshulgan-tash.ru

Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve — Official GIS

Shulgan-Tash Zapovednik · 2023 · UNESCO

Kapova Cave (Shulgan-Tash)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitekazakhstan.travel

Tamgaly Tas — Visit Kazakhstan

Kazakh Tourism · 2023 · UNESCO

Tamgaly Tas — Ili River Buddhist Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Barnhouse Settlement — Historic Environment Scotland (Heart of Neolithic Orkney WHS 514)

UNESCO / Historic Environment Scotland · 2024 · UNESCO

World Heritage listing, coordinates

Barnhouse Stone Age Village

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemaps.archaeology.ie

Cahercommaun — National Monuments Service 8

National Monuments Service Ireland · 2024 · Government of Ireland

Record 53.014722,-9.070556, SMR CL008-019

Cahercommaun Triple Ringfort

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitecadw.gov.wales

Carn Ingli Camp — Cadw Scheduled Monument PE011 SN063372

Cadw · 2024 · Cadw

Scheduled PE011, 52.0,-4.8227, Pembrokeshire

Carn Ingli Hillfort

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitehistoricenvironment.scot

Clickimin Broch — Historic Environment Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland · 2024 · Historic Environment Scotland

Clickimin Broch

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteheritageireland.ie

Clonmacnoise — Heritage Ireland (Tentative WHS)

Office of Public Works · 2024 · OPW / UNESCO

Coordinates, Tentative WHS 53.326,-7.986

Clonmacnoise

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitecadw.gov.wales

Coetan Arthur — Cadw Scheduled Monument PE022

Cadw · 2024 · Cadw

SM16 292445, 51.9046,-5.293, conservation

Coetan Arthur at St Davids Head

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitecanmore.org.uk

Crosskirk Broch — Canmore ND0370

Canmore / Historic Environment Scotland · 2024 · Canmore

Coordinates 58.608197,-3.679948

Crosskirk Broch

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitehistoricengland.org.uk

Doll Tor Stone Circle and Cairn — Historic England 1017664

Historic England · 2024 · Historic England

Scheduled, 53.1625,-1.645

Doll Tor Stone Circle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteheritageireland.ie

Dún Aonghasa — OPW Heritage Ireland

Office of Public Works · 2024 · OPW

State care, coordinates 53.1256,-9.7689

Dún Aonghasa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemaps.archaeology.ie

Fourknocks Passage Tomb — National Monument 472

National Monuments Service · 2024 · Gov. Ireland

Record 472, 53.59674,-6.32637

Fourknocks Passage Tomb

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteher.derbyshire.gov.uk

Gardom's Edge — Derbyshire HER MDR4134

Derbyshire Historic Environment Record · 2024 · DCC

HER SK27207290, monolith and enclosure

Gardom's Edge Monolith

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteheritageireland.ie

Glendalough — Heritage Ireland & Wicklow Mountains NP

Office of Public Works / NPWS · 2024 · OPW

53.0106,-6.3274, monastic city description

Glendalough Monastic City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemaps.archaeology.ie

Grange Stone Circle — National Monument 247 LI032-006

National Monuments Service · 2024 · Gov. Ireland

52.514277,-8.541947, LI032-006

Lough Gur Stone Circle (Grange)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitehistoricenvironment.scot

Grey Cairns of Camster — Historic Environment Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland · 2024 · Historic Environment Scotland

ND325945 coordinates, conservation

Grey Cairns of Camster

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitearchaeology.ie

Grianan of Aileach — National Monuments Service

National Monuments Service · 2024 · Government of Ireland

55.023386,-7.428509, SMR DG007-012

Grianan of Aileach

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteheritageireland.ie

Hill of Tara — National Monument

Office of Public Works / Discovery Programme · 2024 · OPW

State care, UNESCO Tentative List

Hill of Tara

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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