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    The Locmariaquer megaliths are a complex of Neolithic constructions in Locmariaquer, Brittany. They comprise the elaborate Er-Grah tumulus passage grave...
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    style Single megaliths placed horizontally, often over burial chambers, without the use of support stones. Alignments Multiple megaliths placed in relation...
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    Atlantic Ocean and the bay Quiberon. This small town contains the Locmariaquer megaliths, some of the most significant neolithic remains in Europe, including...
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    biblical flood. Many of the megaliths were destroyed or defaced by early Christians; it is estimated that some 50,000 megaliths once stood in Northern Europe...
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    and Megalith Map. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 2006-05-17. "Megaliths of Carnac: Standing Stones / Menhirs". megaliths.sherwoodonline...
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    Neolithic, about 4800 BC. Along with the Tumulus of Bougon and Locmariaquer megaliths, also located in Great West France, it is one of the earliest megalithic...
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    Statues-menhirs. Website about statue menhirs in southern France Southern France Megaliths A. Soutou, "La ceinture des statues-menhirs du Haut-Languedoc : essai...
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    by Howard Crowhurst (ACEM, Association for the Knowledge and Study of Megaliths, in France) claims that the monument is connected with the summer solstice...
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    In recent years, many megaliths have been discovered in the Urals: dolmens, menhirs and a large megalithic cultic complex on Vera Island. At present,...
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    bow and stern are about 4 m (13 ft) high. There are several other large megaliths in the area. Gettlinge grave field, Öland, Sweden. Hulterstad grave field...
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    prehistoric people moved megaliths has them creating a track of logs which the large stones were rolled along. Another megalith transport theory involves...
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    single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from...
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    The Rudston Monolith at over 25 feet (7.6 m) is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom. It is situated in the churchyard in the village...
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    left outside the South temple were probably used for transporting the megaliths. Additionally, evidence of cremation has been found at the center of the...
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    (20 ft) wide and 3.5 metres (11 ft) high, and was built with thirty-two megaliths, the largest weighing about 180 tonnes (200 tons). After completion of...
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    destroyed. The other temples usually consist of only a few scattered megaliths or remains, but some such as Buġibba Temple (which is now in the grounds...
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    been the rollers used to transport the megaliths. Excavations have revealed such rollers buried beneath the megaliths, thus contributing to a solid foundation...
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    including the Carnac stones and the Broken Menhir of Er Grah in the Locmariaquer megaliths, the largest single stone erected by Neolithic people.[citation...
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    Filitosa Gallardet Dolmen Gavrinis Harrespil Hotié de Viviane Kerzérho Locmariaquer megaliths Mane Braz Paddaghju Peyre-Brune Tombeau de Merlin Tremeca Verziau...
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    Filitosa Gallardet Dolmen Gavrinis Harrespil Hotié de Viviane Kerzérho Locmariaquer megaliths Mane Braz Paddaghju Peyre-Brune Tombeau de Merlin Tremeca Verziau...
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    series filmed at Avebury List of largest monoliths Megalith Petrosomatoglyph – symbolism of megaliths "Avebury Parish Council". aveburyparishcouncil.org...
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    (1975). Circles and Standing Stones: An Illustrated Exploration of the Megalith Mysteries of Early Britain. New York: Walker and Company. ISBN 0-8027-0463-8...
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    megaliths (in french) in Deux-Sèvres List of oldest known surviving buildings Megaliths Barnenez Germond, Georges (1980). "Inventaire des mégalithes de...
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    Calendar Circular ditches Circular rampart Dolmen European megalithic culture Megalith Menhir Pit alignments Sundial "Early Prehistoric Monuments - Henges". English...
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    Britain and Ireland. Experts disagree on whether the construction of megaliths in Britain developed independently or was imported from mainland Europe...
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    up the major axis. On the solstices sunlight illuminates the edges of megaliths to the left and right of this doorway. Although there are no written records...
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    Filitosa Gallardet Dolmen Gavrinis Harrespil Hotié de Viviane Kerzérho Locmariaquer megaliths Mane Braz Paddaghju Peyre-Brune Tombeau de Merlin Tremeca Verziau...
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    social complexity. See the timeline. One most notable site is the Locmariaquer megaliths, the highest being 20.60 metres (67.6 ft) tall and over 330 tons...
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    propos du trilithon de Baalbek: Le transport et la mise en oeuvre des mégalithes", Syria (in French), 54 (1/2): 31–63, doi:10.3406/syria.1977.6623 (in...
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    Filitosa Gallardet Dolmen Gavrinis Harrespil Hotié de Viviane Kerzérho Locmariaquer megaliths Mane Braz Paddaghju Peyre-Brune Tombeau de Merlin Tremeca Verziau...
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