🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Ormaig Rock Art
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Late Neolithic
Forest clearing cup-and-ring cluster on Creag Mhor, 120+ motifs, c.3000 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Etowah Mound A Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Etowah Mound A Terrace in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Huaca de la Luna Platform North — Moche Valley (Trujillo)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Huaca de la Luna Platform North in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Table des Marchand
Middle Neolithic · Morbihan megalithic
Decorated passage grave at Locmariaquer with art linked to Gavrinis, beside the fallen 20.6 m Grand Menhir.
🇬🇬 Guernsey · Megalith
Les Fouaillages
Early Neolithic · Guernsey Early Neolithic
Early passage grave by L'Ancresse Road, Guernsey, c.4500 BCE, among Europe's oldest (6000 years).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Nether Largie South Cairn — Kilmartin
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Kilmartin Neolithic
Nether Largie South Cairn — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Kilmartin Neolithic.
🇳🇪 Niger · Megalith
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North — Ténéré (Agadez)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Tiekene-Boussoura Tumulus North
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Tiekene-Boussoura Tumulus North in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Tiryns
Mycenaean 1600–1100 BCE, acme 1300–1200 BCE · Mycenaean
Cyclopean citadel with earliest vaulted galleries in Europe and megaron palace.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Bagneux
Middle Neolithic · Loire Neolithic / Chambon group
Largest French dolmen — 23 m long passage of taf limestone slabs with 40-tonne capstones near Saumur.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
El Fuerte de Samaipata Annex
Mojocoyas 300–800 CE to Inca 1450–1535 to Spanish 1600s · Chané-Mojocoyas to Inca (Andean-Amazon transition) to Spanish contact
Annex 60 m south of great rock table (220×60 m sculpted sandstone) at UNESCO El Fuerte de Samaipata (1998): terraced annex with 15 Inca-style niches, kallanka great hall 22 m long, and Chané jaguar…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
El Palmar
Maya Classic 250–900 CE · Maya (El Palmar dynasty)
Ridge-top Maya capital revealing Copán–Calakmul dynastic marriage, 250–900 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Dunchraigaig Cairn
Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Early Neolithic / Beaker
Chambered cairn beside A816 with three Bronze Age cists and 2021 animal carvings discovery.
🇬🇬 Guernsey · Megalith
Le Creux ès Faies
Middle to Late Neolithic · Guernsey Passage Grave
Fairy folklore passage tomb on southwest coast headland, Guernsey, 8 m passage, c.3000 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Painted Rock Petroglyph Site
Archaic through Hohokam 7500 BCE–1400 CE · Hohokam and Archaic–Patayan
4,000-petroglyph basalt concentration, 7500 BCE–1400 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Yalape South Annex
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoyas
Secondary terraced annex of Yalape fortress-city perched above Utcubamba 15 km south of Chachapoyas town: 40 circular houses with trapezoidal niches on terraces stepping down 60 m vertical, defensive…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site
Mississippian 1050–1400 CE (Kincaid phase) · Mississippian (Caborn-Welborn)
19-mound Mississippian town on Ohio River, 1050–1400 CE.
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia · Ancient city
Lelu Ruins (Leluh)
Lelu Phase 1250–1852 CE (peak 1400–1600) · Kosraean (Leluh dynasty)
Kosraean megalithic city (1250–1852 CE) on Lelu islet off Kosrae with 27 ha double-walled enclosure, 20+ compounds bounded by 4–6 m high prismatic basalt sea walls and tidal canals mirroring Nan…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Rollright Stones
Early Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age · Cotswold Neolithic to Beaker
Neolithic-Bronze Age complex with King's Men circle, Whispering Knights dolmen and King Stone monolith on Cotswold ridge.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Spiro Craig Mound South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Spiro Craig Mound South in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Sunhoney Stone Circle
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Recumbent tradition
Sunhoney Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Recumbent tradition.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mann Site
Middle Woodland Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell tradition
Hopewell ceremonial village on Ohio/Wabash, 100 BCE–400 CE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Megalith
Caracol Causeway Terminus — Petén (Flores)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Caracol Causeway Terminus in Petén, Guatemala is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
La Congona Fortress
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Ridge-top Chachapoya defensive hill-fort, 1100–1470 CE.