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Prehistoric
Prehistoric sites connect places through shared lineage, practice, story, and pilgrimage across the global atlas.
345 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.
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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.
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Showing 145-192 of 345 sites in this tradition guide
Grange stone circle
Lough Gur, County Limerick, Ireland
Grange stone circle is a nationally or regionally important prehistoric place in Republic of Ireland....
Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro
Évora, Évora, Portugal
Seven granite orthostats up to eight meters tall enclose the largest known dolmen chamber in Europe, built by Neolithic communities near Évora roughly six thousand years...
Greby grave field
Grebbestad, Västra Götaland, Sweden
On a coastal hillside north of Grebbestad, more than two hundred Iron Age graves spread across the Bohuslan landscape, their burial mounds crowned by standing stones that...
Gusir Höyük
Siirt, Turkey
Gusir Höyük is one of southeastern Anatolia's rarest Neolithic sites — a stratified settlement near the Tigris-Botan confluence in Siirt province, occupied from roughly...
Hågahögen
Uppsala, Uppsala, 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, Paola, 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,...
Ħal-Tarxien Prehistoric Complex
Tarxien, Malta
The Ħal-Tarxien Prehistoric Complex is the largest and most artistically accomplished of Malta's megalithic temple sites — four structures built between 3600 and 2500 BC...
Harbetsuvan Tepesi
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Harbetsuvan Tepesi is a small-scale Pre-Pottery Neolithic B cult centre in the Tek Tek Mountains, 53 km east of Şanlıurfa, excavated 2017–2019....
Harold’s Stones
Trellech, Wales, 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....
Hasankeyf Höyük
Batman, Turkey
Hasankeyf Höyük is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site on the left bank of the Tigris in Batman province, southeastern Turkey, occupied by hunter-fisher-gatherers in the 10th...
Haukkavuori Rock Painting
Mäntyharju, South Savo, Finland
Three clusters of red ochre painting line a steep rock wall on Lake Sarkavesi, reachable only by canoe....
Havängsdösen Dolmen
Simrishamns kommun, Skåne, 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, 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, Ille-et-Vilaine, 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, Scotland, 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, Meath, 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, Westmeath, Ireland
On a gentle hill in the heart of the Irish midlands, five provinces once met at a massive limestone boulder....
Hill of Ward
County Meath, Meath, Ireland
Hill of Ward belongs among the significant prehistoric places of Republic of Ireland....
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....
Hwasun Dolmen Site
Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Hwasun Dolmen Site is one component of UNESCO property 977, not a separate World Heritage inscription....
Inglinge hög
Ingelstad, Kronoberg, 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, Scotland, 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 Götaland, 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...
Juusjärvi Rock Painting
Kirkkonummi, Uusimaa, Finland
On a sheer lakeside cliff seven kilometers north of Kirkkonummi, red ochre figures painted during the Bronze Age still hold their ground: paired human forms with raised...
Kapasaari Rock Painting
Kouvola, Kymenlaakso, Finland
On the single steep cliff of a small, uninhabited island in Lake Vuohijärvi, faded red figures include a human form with ambiguous horn- or ear-like marks above its head...
Karahantepe
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Karahantepe is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey's Tek Tek Mountains, open to visitors since 2025, whose Pillar Shrine contains 11 T-shaped pillars...
Karahundj
Syunik, 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, Kerry, Ireland
Fifteen stones form an egg-shaped ring in the heart of Kenmare town, enclosing a massive boulder-burial with a seven-ton capstone....
Kierikki Stone Age Centre
Yli-Ii (Oulu), North Ostrobothnia, Finland
The Kierikki Stone Age Centre stands on the Iijoki river where a Neolithic community lived year-round from roughly 4000 to 3100 BC, overturning assumptions that Stone Age...
Kilclooney Dolmen, Ardara, Ireland
County Donegal, Donegal, 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...
Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmartin Glen belongs among the significant prehistoric places of Scotland. The sacred frame at Kilmartin Glen comes from Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions....
Kilmichael Glassary Cup and Ring Marks
Lochgilphead, Scotland, 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, Scotland, 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, Scotland, United Kingdom
In a quiet pasture east of Killin village, six standing stones have held their positions for perhaps four thousand years....
Kit's Coty House
Aylesford, England, United Kingdom
Kit's Coty House is an Early Neolithic portal dolmen on a North Downs spur above the River Medway — three massive sarsen uprights and a capstone weighing several tonnes,...
Knap of Howar
Papa Westray, Scotland, 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, 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, Kilkenny, 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, Scotland, 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, Scotland, 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....
Knowth
Drogheda, Meath, Ireland
Knowth belongs among the significant prehistoric places of Republic of Ireland. The sacred frame at Knowth comes from Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions....
Kokino
Staro Nagoričane, North Macedonia
Perched at 1,013 meters on a volcanic andesite summit in North Macedonia, Kokino is a 3,800-year-old megalithic observatory and ritual site where Bronze Age communities...
Körtik Tepe
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Körtik Tepe is among the oldest known permanently settled communities on Earth, occupied for fifteen centuries during the Younger Dryas cold period at the confluence of...
Köşk Höyük
Niğde, Turkey
Beneath the volcanic profile of Mount Hasan on the Bor Plateau of Central Anatolia, Köşk Höyük preserves a rare sequence of Neolithic and Chalcolithic life spanning 1,500...
La Roche aux Fées
Essé, Ille-et-Vilaine, 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, Morbihan, France
On the Morbihan coast of Brittany lies one of Europe's most sophisticated Neolithic burial monuments....
Labbacallee wedge tomb
Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland
Labbacallee wedge tomb is a nationally or regionally important prehistoric place in Republic of Ireland....
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Key questions
Prehistoric sacred-site questions
What are Prehistoric sacred sites?
Prehistoric sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
Where can I find Prehistoric sacred sites?
The strongest country clusters in this guide include United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Ireland, Sweden.
What kinds of places are included?
The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
Can I map Prehistoric sacred sites?
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