Site type guide
Megalithic site
Megalithic site sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
7 megalithic site sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Megalithic site sacred sites overview
Megalithic site sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
| Coverage | 7 megalithic site sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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Carrowkeel
County Sligo, Ballymote-Tubbercurry Municipal District, Ireland
On the Bricklieve Mountains in County Sligo, fourteen cairns built over five thousand years ago crown the ridgeline like stone sentinels....
Carrowmore
County Sligo, Sligo Municipal Borough District, Ireland
On the Coolera Peninsula near Sligo, thirty surviving megalithic monuments mark what was once a cemetery of sixty structures, among the oldest in Ireland....
Daorson megalithic site, Bosnia
Poprati, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
On a hilltop above the Neretva River valley, massive stone blocks fitted without mortar rise against the Herzegovina sky....
Gunung Padang megalithic site
Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia
Crowning an extinct-volcano hill in West Java, Gunung Padang rises through five terraces of columnar andesite, the largest megalithic complex in Southeast Asia....
Harold’s Stones
Trellech, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
In a field at the edge of Trellech village, three standing stones rise from the Welsh earth, the tallest reaching fifteen feet despite having sunk into the ground....
Karahundj
Syunik Province, Armenia
On a high plateau above the Dar River canyon in Armenia's Syunik Province, 223 basalt stones stand in arrangements that have resisted definitive interpretation for decades....
Megaliths of Carnac
Carnac, Brittany, France
The Megaliths of Carnac form the largest concentration of standing stones on Earth, over 3,000 menhirs arranged in rows stretching across the Brittany landscape....
Key questions
Megalithic site sacred-site questions
- What megalithic site sacred sites are included?
- Megalithic site sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 7 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these megalithic site sites located?
- Major country clusters include Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Armenia, France.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Celtic and Prehistoric, Nature Spirituality, Indigenous.
- Can I view megalithic site sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.