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Celtic and Prehistoric
Celtic and Prehistoric sites connect places through shared lineage, practice, story, and pilgrimage across the global atlas.
227 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country and site-type filters to narrow in.
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Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites overview
Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.
| Coverage | 227 Celtic and Prehistoric sacred places in the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 3 UNESCO-tagged Celtic and Prehistoric sites appear in this browse view. |
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Showing 97-144 of 227 sites in this tradition guide
Hågahögen
Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden
A massive earthen mound fifty metres across and three thousand years old stands in a quiet valley west of Uppsala....
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
Paola, South Eastern Region, Malta
Carved into living rock over 5,000 years ago, the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum descends three levels into the earth where Malta's Temple Builders interred their dead and,...
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....
Havängsdösen Dolmen
Simrishamns kommun, Skåne län, Sweden
Havangsdosen stands on the wind-swept Osterlen steppe above the Baltic Sea, a 5,500-year-old dolmen whose chamber opening faces the sunrise on the spring and autumn...
Healabhal Mhor, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Dunvegan, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
On the Duirinish peninsula of Skye, Healabhal Mhor rises with a summit so flat it resembles a natural altar open to the sky....
Hêtre de Ponthus
Concoret, Bretagne, France
For three centuries, the Hetre de Ponthus stood near the Fountain of Barenton in Broceliande forest, the only remarkable tree in the legendary wood directly connected to...
Hill o' Many Stanes
Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom
On a low hill near the village of Mid Clyth in Caithness, approximately two hundred small standing stones are arranged in twenty-two rows that fan outward as they run down...
Hill of Tara
County Meath, The Municipal District of Ashbourne, Ireland
For over five thousand years, the Hill of Tara has stood as the axis mundi of Ireland, the place where earthly power touched the divine....
Hill of Uisnech
Loughnavalley, County Westmeath, Ireland
On a gentle hill in the heart of the Irish midlands, five provinces once met at a massive limestone boulder....
Horizont tumulus, Kozi Gramadi
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The Horizont Tumulus near Starosel contains the only known Thracian heroon with a colonnade of Doric columns....
Hurlers Stone Circles
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the windswept expanse of Bodmin Moor, the Hurlers comprise three stone circles aligned across the landscape like a question posed in granite....
Inglinge hög
Ingelstad, Kronobergs län, Sweden
Inglinge hog dominates its Smaland landscape: a burial mound thirty-seven meters across and six meters high, crowned by a standing stone and an ornate stone sphere known...
Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement
Sumburgh, Shetland, United Kingdom
At the southern tip of Mainland Shetland, where the land narrows to a low promontory above the sea, the ruins of Jarlshof spread across a headland that humans have called...
Jättakullen Hällkista Dolmen
Vårgårda kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Jattakullen rises from a hilltop between the Nossan river and the plains of Vastergotland, its fourteen-meter stone cist making it the largest hallkista in the entire...
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....
Kenmare Stone Circle, Kenmare, Ireland
Kenmare, Kenmare Municipal District, Ireland
Fifteen stones form an egg-shaped ring in the heart of Kenmare town, enclosing a massive boulder-burial with a seven-ton capstone....
Kilclooney Dolmen, Ardara, Ireland
County Donegal, Glenties Municipal District, Ireland
On a working farm near Ardara in County Donegal, two Neolithic portal tombs stand within sight of each other, the larger crowned by a massive capstone that has balanced on...
Kilmichael Glassary Cup and Ring Marks
Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
On a sloping rock outcrop beside a village school in Argyll, over one hundred and fifty carvings wait in the stone....
Kilphedir Broch
Kilphedir, Sutherland, United Kingdom
High on a hillock above the Strath of Kildonan in Sutherland, a broch of pink granite commands views up and down the valley....
Kinnell stone circle, Killin
Killin, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
In a quiet pasture east of Killin village, six standing stones have held their positions for perhaps four thousand years....
Knap of Howar
Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On the western shore of Papa Westray, one of Orkney's smallest inhabited islands, two stone buildings stand with their doorways facing the sea....
Knocknarea megalthic site, Sligo, Ireland
County Sligo, Sligo Municipal Borough District, Ireland
Knocknarea is a flat-topped mountain on the Sligo coast crowned by one of Ireland's largest unexcavated Neolithic cairns, traditionally identified as the burial place of...
Knockroe passage mound, Ireland
County Kilkenny, The Municipal District of Callan — Thomastown, Ireland
Knockroe is the only known passage tomb in Europe designed to capture both sunrise and sunset on the winter solstice....
Knowe of Lairo
Rousay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On the southwestern hillside of Rousay, overlooking Eynhallow Sound and the tidal island whose Norse name means Holy Island, the Knowe of Lairo stretches over forty-five...
Knowe of Yarso
Rousay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
High on a hillside above Eynhallow Sound, the Knowe of Yarso commands views that stretch across the water to Mainland Orkney and the hills beyond....
La Roche aux Fées
Essé, Brittany, France
Five thousand years ago, Neolithic builders hauled forty-tonne stones four kilometers to construct the largest dolmen in France....
La Table des Marchands, Locmariaquer, France
Locmariaquer, Brittany, France
On the Morbihan coast of Brittany lies one of Europe's most sophisticated Neolithic burial monuments....
Lanyon Quoit
Madron, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Lanyon Quoit rises from the West Penwith landscape like a statement from another age....
Leirfall rock carvings
Stjordal, Trøndelag, Norway
On a south-facing rock outcrop in central Norway, between nine hundred and twelve hundred figures carved over more than a millennium preserve the ritual life of Bronze Age...
Llech-y-tribedd
Moylgrove, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
Rising from a quiet Pembrokeshire hillside, Llech-y-tribedd is a portal dolmen built by Neolithic farming communities around 4000 BCE....
Long Meg and Her Daughters stone ring
Little Salkeld, England, United Kingdom
One of Britain's largest and oldest stone circles rises from the Eden Valley in Cumbria, its massive ring of granite daughters watched over by a single sandstone monolith...
Loughcrew
County Meath, The Municipal District of Kells, Ireland
Loughcrew is one of Europe's largest concentrations of Neolithic passage tombs, spread across four hilltops named for the Cailleach, the divine hag of Irish mythology....
Luttra passage grave
Falköpings kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
The Luttra passage grave sits in the Falbygden landscape of Vastergotland, where roughly two-thirds of all Sweden's passage graves are concentrated within a...
Machrie Moor Stone Circles
Machrie, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
On the western coast of the Isle of Arran, a walk of a mile and a half across open moorland brings you to six stone circles arranged on a broad, flat expanse beneath the...
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Stenness, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On Mainland Orkney, a grass-covered mound rises seven metres above a surrounding ditch....
Marlborough Mound
Marlborough, England, United Kingdom
In the grounds of Marlborough College stands a 19-meter mound that most visitors to Wiltshire never see....
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....
Meini Hirion standing stones
Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom
On Holy Island, at the western edge of Anglesey, two standing stones rise in near-identical form....
Mên-an-Tol
Morvah, Cornwall, United Kingdom
On the West Penwith moor, three stones stand against the sky—but it is the middle stone that draws seekers from around the world....
Menhir de Champ-Dolent
Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France
Nine and a half meters of pinkish granite rise from a field near Dol-de-Bretagne—100 tonnes hauled four kilometers by people who left no written record....
Merry Maidens Stone Circle
Lamorna, England, United Kingdom
Rising from Cornish farmland near Land's End, the Merry Maidens stands as one of Britain's most complete Bronze Age stone circles....
Midhowe Broch
Rousay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On the western coast of Rousay, where two steep gullies cut into the shoreline, a broch stands within its own small settlement....
Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Rousay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On the western shore of Rousay, sheltered beneath a modern protective roof, lies the largest stalled cairn in Orkney....
Møllerstufossen Rock Carvings
Dokka, Rogaland, Norway
Beside the roar of Møllerstufossen waterfall on the Etna river, Mesolithic hunter-gatherers carved elk into exposed rock some eight thousand years ago....
Mor Stein
Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
On the southeastern shore of Shapinsay, one of the inner Orkney Islands, a single standing stone rises roughly ten feet from the turf....
Moss Farm Road Stone Circle
Machrie, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom
On the western shore of the Isle of Arran, where a farm track leads into the ancient ceremonial moorland of Machrie, seven stones still stand in a broken ring....
Mount Schiehallion, Scotland
Aberfeldy, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
Rising like a sentinel at the heart of Scotland, Schiehallion carries one of the most evocative names in Gaelic geography: Sidh Chailleann, the Fairy Hill of the...
Mt. Beinn-na-Greine, Portree, Scotland
Portree, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
On the Isle of Skye, a modest peak carries an ancient name: Beinn na Greine, Mountain of the Sun....
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Key questions
Celtic and Prehistoric sacred-site questions
- What are Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites?
- Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
- Where can I find Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites?
- The strongest country clusters in this guide include United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, France, Spain.
- What kinds of places are included?
- Common place types include dolmen, stone circle, broch, cairn, rock art, chambered cairn.
- Can I map Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites?
- Yes. Compare country clusters and site types first, then open individual pages for coordinates, historical context, and visitor guidance.