🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Pyramid
Mount Winton Pyramid
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Mount Winton Pyramid in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Audleystown Court Tomb
Early Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb
Dual court tomb above Strangford Lough narrows, two opposed galleries, eight chambers, 34 burials, c.3900 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Tumulus
Priory Pit Tumulus
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Priory Pit Tumulus in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Isbister Chambered Cairn (Tomb of the Eagles)
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Orcadian Neolithic
Cliff-top stalled cairn on South Ronaldsay famed for 16,000 human bones and eagle remains.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Silbury Hill
Late Neolithic 2400–2300 BCE · Late Neolithic Britons (Grooved Ware)
Europe's tallest prehistoric mound – 39-m artificial hill with unknown purpose.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Dunadd Fort
Neolithic to Early Medieval · Dál Riata (Gaelic) over Neolithic substratum
Hillfort capital of Dál Riata atop rock in Moine Mhòr, with Neolithic art and royal footprint carving.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Gough's Cave
Palaeolithic–Mesolithic (50000–6000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Gough's Cave in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge, United Kingdom is a major Palaeolithic to Holocene cave and fissure system renowned for stratified deposits spanning over 40,000 years.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hazleton North Long Cairn
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Fully excavated Cotswold-Severn cairn at Hazleton, 21 burials, detailed construction sequence, c.3800 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley Long Barrow)
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Cotswold-Severn long barrow on Uley escarpment, 37 m with transepted chambers, c.3750 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn
Early–Middle Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Stalled cairn on Rousay with tripartite chamber, 29 burials, c.3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Callanish II (Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh)
Late Neolithic · Hebridean Late Neolithic
7-stone elliptical circle (21.6×18.9 m) on Loch Roag ridge south-east of Callanish I, with central ruined cairn.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Vinquoy Chambered Cairn
Late Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Maeshowe-type hilltop cairn on Eday with four side cells, c.3200 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Millbarrow (Winterbourne Monkton Long Barrow)
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Excavated Cotswold-Severn long barrow north of Avebury, 30 m, discrete façade, c.3750 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Notgrove Long Barrow
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Cotswold-Severn long barrow at Notgrove, 48 m with transepted chambers, c.3700 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Adam's Grave
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn / Wessex
Chambered long barrow on Walkers Hill above Alton Barnes, 70 m, c.3650 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Annaghmare Court Tomb
Middle Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb tradition
Court tomb near Crossmaglen, 13 m gallery with shallow court, at foot of Ring of Gullion, c.3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Clontygora Court Tomb
Early Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb
Huge court tomb near Killeen (King's Ring), court 6.4×13 m, lintelled entrance, c.3800 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Goward Dolmen
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Massive portal tomb between Hilltown and Castlewellan, granite capstone on cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware Neolithic (Maeshowe group)
Maeshowe-type cairn on hill above Firth with 5 m crawl passage to chamber containing human and dog skulls.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Glebe Cairn
Early Bronze Age · Bronze Age Food Vessel
Gravel-terrace cemetery cairn NW of Kilmartin village with seven Bronze Age cists.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Geoglyph
Uffington White Horse
Late Bronze Age 1380–550 BCE (OSL Brill 1995) · Late Bronze Age Britons, ritual landscape around Uffington Castle hillfort
110-m Bronze Age galloping horse on Downs - Britain's oldest hill figure 3000 years.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Chysauster Iron Age Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Chysauster Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Holm of Papa Westray South Cairn
Early Neolithic · Orkney Early Neolithic (Bookan tradition)
10 m round Bookan-type chamber with three cells, 200 m south of paired North long cairn.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Carn Euny Iron Age Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Carn Euny Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).