Standing stones

Menhir (standing stone)

A single large stone deliberately set upright in the ground, undressed or roughly dressed, that is not part of a recognisable circle, row or tomb.

Photo: Petruss · Public domain

The figures

Counted from the published site index

Catalogued: 2,545
Countries: 24
With a dated range: 99%2,513 of 2,545 sites
With a licensed photo: 1,135

See every Menhir (standing stone) on the globe Where they are

From the Atlas taxonomy, with its Wikidata and Getty AAT matches.

The sites of this type

Sites 1–24 of 1,135, by name

Where they are

One dot per site of this type, on a plain graticule. The map draws from the published site index.

Where they are

Where they are

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