The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones

Tetney Log Coffin Burial: Early Bronze Age round barrow discovered when a mechanical excavator accidentally flattened an unscheduled burial mound, exposing a log coffin, now on display at the newly reopened Lincoln Museum. 📷 Anne T More: http://www.megalithi...

Baggy Point erratic Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Devon, England

This removes key evidence that high-level Irish Sea ice reached elevations comparable to those needed for bluestone transport to Salisbury Plain, putting another big dent in the glacial transport hypothesis. 📷 D More: http://www.megalithi...

New petrographic analysis of the original thin section shows the rock is fully compatible with Cornubian greenstones from the Dartmoor metamorphic aureole, and lacks any diagnostic Scottish or Welsh minerals.

Baggy Point erratic: Stonehenge glacial transport (or not) update. A large 700 kg altered epidiorite/greenstone block presently sited at 80 m above sea level on Baggy Point, north Devon coast. It is claimed to be a glacial erratic and cited as evidence for high-level ice flow.

Athens Acropolis Hillfort in Central Greece, Greece

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The site has been occupied since the Neolithic - small caves on the south side between the Theatre of Dyonisus and the Odeon of Agrippa were once in inhabited and the top of the Acropolis has one of the only two Attican Neolithic Graves, though these are normally accessible to tourists.

Athens Acropolis: The Acropolis is the big rock on which all the temples sit. The one on top of the fortifications is of course the Parthenon.

Menhir de Keroulic Standing Stone (Menhir) in Bretagne:Finistère (29), France

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Menhir de Keroulic: This three meter tall lonely stone stands at the entrance to a field near Clohars-Carnoët, Finistère. About 200m further up the road, near the bend is another much smaller stone, also pictured on our page. It is south of the road, about 100 m into the vegetation.

Offa's Dyke at Plas Power Wood Misc. Earthwork in Wrexham, Wales

We are grateful for him for the use of his photos and allowing us to base our posts on his. 📷 Anne T More: http://www.megalithi...

A heritage interpretation panel installed in 2008 stands in the wood, describing the dyke's construction during the reign of Offa (757-796 AD), though dating is speculative. Prof. Howard M.R. Williams has blogged about this and other Offa's Dyke locations around Wrexham and beyond.

Offa's Dyke at Plas Power Wood: Two recorded stretches of Offa's Dyke survive in Plas Power Wood, near Coedpoeth west of Wrexham.

Lowland Point Ancient Village or Settlement in Cornwall, England

This is part of the prehistoric field system near one of the hut circles, looking down towards Coverack and Chynhalls Point. 📷 Bladup More: http://www.megalithi...

Lowland Point: Lowland Point has various sites of various ages, include a Mesolithic flint working site, Bronze Age hut circles and a 2nd century CE Romano-British field system and salt works.

Sa Tanca 'e Suei Tomba di Giganti Chambered Tomb in Sardinia (Sardegna), Italy

The excavations resulted in discoveries of Middle Bronze Age Nuragic pottery, as well as traces of deposits from the Roman period. 📷 SolarMegalith More: http://www.megalithi...

Sa Tanca 'e Suei Tomba di Giganti: The Giants' Tomb of Sa Tanca 'e Suei is located 0.7km north of Norbello, few meters west of a local road. The burial chamber partly survived, albeit without capstones. A broken stele lies in front of the entrance, the latter opens to the east.

Masuda-no-Iwafune Sculptured Stone in Honshū, Japan

The purpose is unknown, but has some similarities with Ishi-no-Hōden (huge rock with a concave band) in Hyōgo prefecture and Kengoshi-zuka Kofun tumulus (2 chambers in 1 rock) just 500m away. More details of these on our pages. 📷 Aska More: http://www.megalithi...

Masuda-no-Iwafune: A huge (11m × 8m × 5m high) rock on a hill with square chambers on the top and traces of chiseling or scraping below.

Maughold Cross-House Ancient Cross in Channel Islands and Isle of Man

The collection includes simple inscribed crosses, rune-inscribed stones, large cross-slabs with abstract ornamentation, and pieces featuring figural scenes, and were drawn from various parish locations across the island. 📷 Anne T More: http://www.megalithi...

Maughold Cross-House: A purpose-built open-air shelter in the churchyard of Kirk Maughold housing 45 early medieval carved stones spanning the 6th to 13th centuries, one of the finest concentrations of Viking-age and early Christian sculpture on the Isle of Man.

Merrivale Cists Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Devon, England

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Merrivale Cists: Just to the south of the Merrivale central avenue is a large burial cist with a broken capstone. The capstone was split by stoneworkers a couple of centuries ago, with the middle part of it taken away for some other use, leaving us a view into the stone lined cist below.

In the centre of the picture is one large standing stone in a meadow with two other large stones in the background either side of the centre stone.

At 23m in diameter it’s hard to convey the sheer scale of Sheldon stone circle in Aberdeenshire #StandingStoneSunday

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A narrow tarmac road in the centre of the picture with there large boulder stones in the verge of the right-hand side and two on the left. The road widens once past the stone circle.

It’s not often you get to drive through a stone circle; Leys of Marlee on the B947 south of Blairgowrie #StandingStoneSunday

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Merlin's Mount Artificial Mound in Wiltshire, England

Dating has confirmed it was originally built in the years around 2400 BCE as a smaller sister to Silbury Hill which lies just five miles to the west. 📷 JimChampion More: http://www.megalithi...

It was the motte on which the keep of Marlborough Castle was built fifty years after the Norman Conquest and it subsequently became the centrepiece of a major seventeenth century garden. More 1/

Merlin's Mount: Marlborough Mound Conference, Wednesday 15th April at the Society of Antiquaries, London - see below for programme and tickets. This artificial mound stands in the private grounds of Marlborough College.

Lescoff menhirs: Just before reaching the legendary Pointe du Raz, in Lescoff village. #StandingStoneSunday A nice stone in a private garden next to two others interlocked into the wall of a property. 📷 peulven More: http://www.megalithi...

Kells Market Cross Ancient Cross in Co. Meath, Ireland (Republic of)

The base features horsemen, warriors, animal herding scenes and enigmatic centaurs (pictured) with classical mythological references. 📷 Anne T More: http://www.megalithi...