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The Callanish Stones are a megalithic monument comprising a stone circle and intersecting avenues located on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Erected during the late Neolithic period, roughly between 2900 and 2600 BCE, the site features a central monolith surrounded by a ring of tall...
The Standing Stones of Stenness are the surviving elements of a Neolithic stone circle on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, constructed around the early third millennium BCE. Four tall stones remain standing within a circular ditch, although the original monument probably contained twelve stones. The site...
Avebury is a monumental Neolithic archaeological site located in Wiltshire, England. It features the world’s largest stone circle, constructed around 2500 BCE. The complex of stones and surrounding earthworks represents an important ceremonial landscape utilized by people during the late Neolithic p...
Castlerigg Stone Circle is a Neolithic monument located near the town of Keswick in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District. Dating to around 3000 BCE, it is regarded as one of the earliest stone circles in Britain and includes approximately 38 large glacial erratics. The megaliths are arranged i...
The Ring of Brodgar is a large Neolithic stone circle and henge monument situated on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Built roughly between 2500 BC and 2000 BC, the circle originally comprised 60 standing stones, of which 27 remain standing today. It is a central component of the Heart of Neolithic...
The Avebury Stone Circle is a large Neolithic henge monument located in Wiltshire, England, dating back to approximately 2600 BCE. The site consists of a massive circular bank and ditch enclosing an outer ring of standing stones, with two smaller, separate stone circles situated within the larger pe...
The Rollright Stones are a complex of three Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monuments located on the border of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England. The site consists of the King's Men, a stone circle of approximately 70 weathered limestone blocks; the King Stone, a solitary monolith; and the W...
Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument located in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, dating to around 2500 BCE. The site consists of a large circular earthwork bank and ditch enclosing roughly 50 recumbent limestone slabs. The stones are currently lying flat, though it remains debated among...
The Drombeg Stone Circle is a recumbent stone circle located near Glandore in County Cork, Ireland. Constructed during the Bronze Age, the monument is dated to roughly 1100–800 BCE and comprises 17 local sandstone megaliths. The circle is specifically oriented so that the axis of the two portal ston...
A Bronze Age stone circle of roughly 15 surviving stones on Stapeley Hill, Shropshire, England, set within a broader landscape of prehistoric cairns and field systems.
A Neolithic stone circle of about 55 stones near Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, also known as Sunkenkirk and among the best-preserved circles in Britain.
Bronze Age stone circle near St Buryan, Cornwall, England, comprising 19 stones arranged around a distinctive off-center leaning quartz central pillar.
A well-preserved Bronze Age stone circle of 19 granite stones near St Buryan, Cornwall, England, considered one of the most complete stone circles in the county.
A small Bronze Age stone circle of nine stones on Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, England, associated with a nearby outlying monolith traditionally called the King Stone.
