List of megaliths

This is a list of megaliths.

Spellenstein (St. Ingbert, Germany)

Armenia

Bulgaria

Related to quartz-bearing rocks (granite; gneiss): in the Sakar and Strandja Mountains; Sredna Gora Mountain (Buzovgrad).

Czech Republic
Kamenný pastýř in Klobuky, Czech Republic
Menhir in Dolni Chabry, Czech Republic
  • Dolní Chabry
  • Drahomyšl
  • Družec
  • Horoměřice
  • Jemníky
  • Kersko
  • Klobuky, Central Bohemia, some 25 km NW of Prague - GPS: N50°18'4.49", E13°59'4.23". Known as Kamenný pastýř (Stone shepherd), it is the tallest of Czech menhirs, over 3 m (10 ft) tall.
  • Klůček
  • Ledce
  • Louny (Selibice)
  • Libenice
  • Orasice
  • Slaný
  • Slavětín
  • Tuchlovice
  • Vinařice
  • Žatec (Březno)

France

Germany
  • Gollenstein, Blieskastel (6.6 m high)[3]
  • Spellenstein, St. Ingbert (5 m high)
  • Mittelbrunn, Rhineland-Palz

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Malta

The Netherlands
Dolmen or hunebed D8 in the forest of De Strubben-Kniphorstbos, Drenthe
Dolmen G05, Noordlaren, Groningen

In the Netherlands megaliths were created with erratics from glaciers in the northeastern part of the country.[10] These megaliths are locally known as hunebedden (hunebeds) and are usually dolmens. Parts of 53 of these hunebeds are known to exist on their original locations.[11]

The different hunebeds are differentiated by province and number. "D" means Drenthe, "G" means Groningen, "O" means Overijssel and "F" means Friesland.

There are also many known hunebeds which disappeared due to different types of activities.[12] They are usually referred to with the number of a nearby existing hunebed and differentiated by lower case letters.

  • D6a in Tynaarlo
  • D8a north of Anloo
  • D8b north of Anloo
  • D13a west of Eext: removed and dug away by the owner of the land in 1923 (being enthusiastic about the finds)
  • D13b west of Eext
  • D13c west of Eext
  • D31a south of Exloo (Zuiderveld): boulders removed in between 1855 and 1875
  • D32a northwest of Odoorn: last visible remains removed/destroyed in the 19th century
  • D32c northwest of Odoorn: last visible remains removed/destroyed in the 19th century
  • D32d northwest of Odoorn: possibly destroyed in the early 19th century
  • D33 west of Valthe (north of D34): already badly preserved, its last boulders were removed during archaeological research of the 1950s[13]
  • D35a southwest of Valthe: on the basis of personal accounts destroyed in the 1870s
  • D37a west of Weerdinge and north of Emmen (Valtherbos): excavated in 1837 and destroyed in the period thereafter
  • D39a north of Emmen
  • D43a west of Emmen: presumably destroyed in the 1860s or 1870s
  • D44a in Emmen: destroyed due to the expansion of the city of Emmen
  • D52a north of Diever and Wapse (Berkenheuvel)
  • D54a southeast of Spier
  • D54b east of Hooghalen (Boswachterij Hooghalen)
  • D54c east of Hooghalen (Boswachterij Hooghalen)
  • F1 south of Rijs (Rijsterbos): destroyed in 1849 during the construction of ditches
  • G2 in/around Glimmen: destroyed in the 10th/11th century (on the basis of archaeological research)
  • G3 in/around Glimmen: destroyed in the 10th/11th century (on the basis of archaeological research)
  • G4 in/around Onnen
  • G5 in Heveskesklooster of the former village of Heveskes in the municipality of Eemsdelta: partially destroyed due to natural causes, the other remains were moved to museum Muzeeaquarium in Delfzijl in 1987
  • G6 in Heveskesklooster of the former village of Heveskes in the municipality of Eemsdelta: partially destroyed due to natural causes, the other remains were moved to museum Hunebedcentrum in Borger in 1987
  • O1 northeast of Steenwijkerwold: boulders thought to be removed in the 19th century
  • O2 northeast of Mander, Overijssel

Poland

Portugal

Menires e cromeleques de Portugal

  • Menir de Aspradantes
  • Menir de Mac Abraão
  • Menir de São Paio de Antas
  • Menir dos Almendres
  • Menires de Lavajo

Romania
Histria Museum

Serbia

The graves of the "Latins" and the "Jidovs" near the village Balwan (Bovan), north of Aleksinac in Serbia.[14]

Spain

Sweden

Denmark

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Wales

See also

Other lists

References
  1. Oshte
  2. Le menhir de Peyre quillade Archived 11 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Gollenstein in Blieskastel Archived 20 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 May 2008
  4. Marchant, Jo (25 November 2009). "Deep Secrets: Atlit-Yam, Israel". New Scientist. Reed Business Information Ltd. (2736): 40, 41. ISSN 0262-4079. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  5. The Prenuragical Village: La valle dei menhir Archived 11 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 May 2008
  6. The Menhir of Lugnacco
  7. Archeological sites: Dawwara standing stone Retrieved 19 May 2008
  8. Archaeology of Malta - Menhirs of the Maltese Islands Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 May 2008
  9. The Giantess of Qala Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 May 2008
  10. Bakker, J.A. (2005). Funerary buildings from erratic boulders. The construction and function of the hunebedden, in L.P. Louwe Kooijmans, P.W. van den Broeke, H. Fokkens and A.L. van Gijn: The Prehistory of the Netherlands. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 307-310
  11. List of (partially) existing dolmen and their locations in the Northern Netherlands
  12. List of dolmen in the northern Netherlands that disappeared
  13. Ginkel, E. van, S. Jager and W. van der Sanden (2005). Hunebedden, monumenten van een Steentijdcultuur. Abcoude: Uniepers. Page 195
  14. "The Megalithic Monuments of Dacia". Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  15. Legendary Dartmoor: Beardown Man Retrieved on 19 May 2008
  16. Legendary Dartmoor: Prehistoric Laughter Tor Retrieved 19 May 2008
  17. Menhir: Hutchinson's Encyclopaedia Archived 18 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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