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1,004 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-09) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Medieval (regional) megalithic of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Talaiot of Son Oliver with Radial Ribs in Balearic Islands, Menorca, Ciutadella, Spain is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic a…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Early to Late Bronze Age · Bronze Age Ulster (Donegal tradition)
44.5 m Donegal hilltop circle — 64 stones around platform cairn, one of Ireland's largest, Beltane-associated.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Boyne / Loughcrew tradition (western outlier)
Hilltop 15 m passage tomb with three decorated stones (spirals/lozenges) — westernmost Boyne-style tomb in Ulster.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Namoratunga II — North Pillar Alignment (Turkana) in Rift Valley, Turkana, Namoratunga, Kenya is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megal…
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Nuraghe Santu Antine — Ancillary Village N1 in Sardinia, Sassari, Torralba, Italy is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attrib…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Ancestral Pueblo III–IV 1150–1550 CE (Pajarito Plateau settlement after Mesa Verde diaspora) · Ancestral Puebloan / Keresan and Tewa (ancestors of Cochiti, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara)
13,355 ha of Frijoles Canyon with tuff cliff dwellings (cavates), mesa-top Tyuonyi Pueblo (400 rooms, 1–3 storeys) and Long House cliff village (800 m long) in soft Bandelier Tuff (1.1 Ma Jemez…
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Great Xi an Terrace East — Xi an (56-29) at Xi an, China is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Alentejo Neolithic
Almendre Cromlech Evora at Alentejo, Évora, Portugal is a Early to Middle Neolithic megalithic of the Alentejo Neolithic tradition, built c. 6000 BCE for 95-stone double cromlech.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A to early PPNB · Taş Tepeler / Upper Euphrates PPN
Taş Tepeler megasite (14 ha) with T-pillars 30 km west of Şanlıurfa, unexcavated Göbekli-contemporary.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (c.2000–1800 BCE) · British Early Bronze Age (Collared Urn)
Duddo Five Stones (Early Bronze Age c.2000 BCE) is a 10-m sandstone circle on a low rise 4 mi south of the Scottish border, with five soft, deeply weathered pillars up to 2.3 m tall standing in a…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 900–1200 CE (peak 1050–1200) · Mississippian (Cahokia)
Largest earthen structure in the Americas north of Mexico and centerpiece of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Horizon Inca coastal 1470–1532 CE · Inca (coastal Pisco Chinchaysuyu)
Best-preserved polychrome Inca adobe palace enclosure on Pisco coast, 1470–1532 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Bryn Celli Ddu — North Outlier Standing Stone Row in Wales, Anglesey, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic att…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
New Meroe Citadel B — Meroe (56-34) at Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Cumbria (Langdale axe trade area)
55-stone porphyritic circle (28.6 m) above Duddon estuary — best preserved in North-West England.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Middle Horizon Wari 700–800 CE · Wari (Huaraz highland)
3-storey Wari gallery-mausoleum with interior ventilated labyrinth, 700–800 CE.
🇬🇲 Gambia · Megalith
Medieval Senegambian (750–1100 CE) · Senegambian Iron Age (Serer)
Kerbatch (Kerr Batch) is the second Gambian UNESCO stone-circle nucleus (1226) with 9 circles (3–5 m Ø) and V-shaped laterite pillars up to 1.7 m.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Middle to Late Bronze Age · Nuragic civilisation
Giant Sardinian nuraghe at Torralba — 21 m central tower with three bastions and corbelled chambers, 1600-1200 BCE.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Inca Late Horizon to Resistance 1463–1572 CE · Inca (Chinchaysuyu eastern frontier)
78-m kallanka—largest roofed Inca hall—within 2 km walled fortress, 1463–1572 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Giza Ridge West — Giza (56-35) at Giza, Egypt is a Classical (regional) megalithic of the Classical tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Bronze Age to Iron Age Talayotic (c.1200–123 BCE) · Talayotic (Menorcan Bronze–Iron)
Trepucó (Talayotic c.1200–123 BCE) 2 km south of Maó is Menorca's largest talayotic village, 5 ha with central 17-m high truncated cone talaiot 20 m diameter and outer walls 4 m thick enclosing a…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Old Giza Ridge I — Giza (56-45) at Giza, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Middle Neolithic to Bronze Age · Irish Passage Tomb / Bronze Age
Summit and north passage tombs on Slieve Gullion (573 m), south cairn cruciform, Bronze Age kerb reuse, c.3500 BCE.
