Types
Types of megalith
40 types in six families. Every record in the Atlas is classified against this taxonomy.
Each type is shown with a monument of that type. Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons with their author and licence; a type with no photograph yet is drawn.
- Catalogued
- 100,953
- Types
- 40
- Countries
- 118
- With a licensed photo
- 9,693
The types, by photograph
Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)78,616Photo: Saigen Jiro · CC0
Nuraghe4,241Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dolmen3,852Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0Stone circle3,425Photo · Public domain
Megalith3,236Photo: João Carvalho · CC BY-SA 3.0Menhir (standing stone)2,545Photo: Petruss · Public domain
Megalithic long barrow514Photo: Chris Andrews · CC BY-SA 2.0
Megalithic tomb511Photo: Holger Rix · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chambered cairn478Photo: Meghan F Davis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hypogeum (rock-cut)410Photo: Ingo Kuebler · CC BY 3.0
Other / unclassified410Photo: Fanny Schertzer · CC BY 3.0
Stele403Photo: S2RD2 · CC BY 2.0
Cyclopean masonry322Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0Passage tomb (passage grave)291Photo: William Ellison · CC BY-SA 4.0
Giants' tomb (tomba di giganti)289Photo: Gianni Careddu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cist280Photo: Holger.Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stone row (alignment)179Photo: pour le versement et le modifications : G.Garitan · Public domain
Gallery grave (allée couverte)156Photo: Sémhur · CC BY-SA 4.0Megalithic complex126Photo: Brholden · Public domain
Talayot121Photo: Martin JW · CC BY-SA 4.0Statue-menhir96Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Henge with stone settings92Photo: Gordon Joly · CC BY 2.5
Ship setting87Photo: Sven Rosborn · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wedge tomb73Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Court tomb (court cairn)59Photo: Qbit warrior · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portal tomb (portal dolmen)50Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Monolithic statue27Photo: Corzo199711 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Naveta16Photo: Daniel Lobo · CC BY 2.0
Entrance grave10Photo: Bob Embleton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Monumental monolith (other)10Photo: Martintoy · CC BY 3.0
Stone arrangement6Photo: Ligocsicnarf89 · CC0Megalithic temple (Maltese type)5Photo: Dtarazona · CC BY-SA 4.0
Recumbent stone circle5Photo: Digital Eye · CC BY-SA 4.0
T-pillar enclosure3Photo: Teomancimit · CC BY-SA 3.0
Megalithic jar site2Photo: Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0
Medicine wheel2Photo: U.S. Forest Service Photo · Public domain