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  1. Not quite #StandingStoneSunday but it’s a broad church, so here are a couple of photographs of the tumulus de Colombiers-sur-Seulles, the oldest surviving stone monument in the Calvados region of Normandy. It dates from about 4,000 BCE. The whole site has a very tranquil setting.

    The first image shows the entrance into the funerary chamber which is about 2.5 metres wide and has 6 remaining orthostats or upright stones. Charred and broken bones were found in this chamber on excavation.

    The second image is a wider shot showing the whole of the long barrow itself, which is impressive at about 60 metres in length, and about 18 metres wide at the eastern end and about 9 metres wide at the western end, nearest the foreground of the photograph. At this western end, there are two "blocking" stones which might suggest another chamber here, with its entrance here.

    (📷 by me on 23 August 2026)

    #Tumulus #LongBarrow #StandingStones #Megalithic #ColombiersSurSeulles #Calvados #Normandy #Normandie

  2. Not quite #StandingStoneSunday but it’s a broad church, so here are a couple of photographs of the tumulus de Colombiers-sur-Seulles, the oldest surviving stone monument in the Calvados region of Normandy. It dates from about 4,000 BCE. The whole site has a very tranquil setting.

    The first image shows the entrance into the funerary chamber which is about 2.5 metres wide and has 6 remaining orthostats or upright stones. Charred and broken bones were found in this chamber on excavation.

    The second image is a wider shot showing the whole of the long barrow itself, which is impressive at about 60 metres in length, and about 18 metres wide at the eastern end and about 9 metres wide at the western end, nearest the foreground of the photograph. At this western end, there are two "blocking" stones which might suggest another chamber here, with its entrance here.

    (📷 by me on 23 August 2026)

    #Tumulus #LongBarrow #StandingStones #Megalithic #ColombiersSurSeulles #Calvados #Normandy #Normandie

  3. Not quite #StandingStoneSunday but it’s a broad church, so here are a couple of photographs of the tumulus de Colombiers-sur-Seulles, the oldest surviving stone monument in the Calvados region of Normandy. It dates from about 4,000 BCE. The whole site has a very tranquil setting.

    The first image shows the entrance into the funerary chamber which is about 2.5 metres wide and has 6 remaining orthostats or upright stones. Charred and broken bones were found in this chamber on excavation.

    The second image is a wider shot showing the whole of the long barrow itself, which is impressive at about 60 metres in length, and about 18 metres wide at the eastern end and about 9 metres wide at the western end, nearest the foreground of the photograph. At this western end, there are two "blocking" stones which might suggest another chamber here, with its entrance here.

    (📷 by me on 23 August 2026)

    #Tumulus #LongBarrow #StandingStones #Megalithic #ColombiersSurSeulles #Calvados #Normandy #Normandie

  4. Not quite #StandingStoneSunday but it’s a broad church, so here are a couple of photographs of the tumulus de Colombiers-sur-Seulles, the oldest surviving stone monument in the Calvados region of Normandy. It dates from about 4,000 BCE. The whole site has a very tranquil setting.

    The first image shows the entrance into the funerary chamber which is about 2.5 metres wide and has 6 remaining orthostats or upright stones. Charred and broken bones were found in this chamber on excavation.

    The second image is a wider shot showing the whole of the long barrow itself, which is impressive at about 60 metres in length, and about 18 metres wide at the eastern end and about 9 metres wide at the western end, nearest the foreground of the photograph. At this western end, there are two "blocking" stones which might suggest another chamber here, with its entrance here.

    (📷 by me on 23 August 2026)

    #Tumulus #LongBarrow #StandingStones #Megalithic #ColombiersSurSeulles #Calvados #Normandy #Normandie

  5. Not quite #StandingStoneSunday but it’s a broad church, so here are a couple of photographs of the tumulus de Colombiers-sur-Seulles, the oldest surviving stone monument in the Calvados region of Normandy. It dates from about 4,000 BCE. The whole site has a very tranquil setting.

    The first image shows the entrance into the funerary chamber which is about 2.5 metres wide and has 6 remaining orthostats or upright stones. Charred and broken bones were found in this chamber on excavation.

    The second image is a wider shot showing the whole of the long barrow itself, which is impressive at about 60 metres in length, and about 18 metres wide at the eastern end and about 9 metres wide at the western end, nearest the foreground of the photograph. At this western end, there are two "blocking" stones which might suggest another chamber here, with its entrance here.

    (📷 by me on 23 August 2026)

    #Tumulus #LongBarrow #StandingStones #Megalithic #ColombiersSurSeulles #Calvados #Normandy #Normandie

  6. Atypical Long Barrows in the Cöeby Neolithic Cemetery of Trédion, Morbihan [html, pdf 12pp] #neolithic #megalithic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pd

  7. Atypical Long Barrows in the Cöeby Neolithic Cemetery of Trédion, Morbihan [html, pdf 12pp] #neolithic #megalithic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pd

  8. Atypical Long Barrows in the Cöeby Neolithic Cemetery of Trédion, Morbihan [html, pdf 12pp] #neolithic #megalithic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pd

  9. Atypical Long Barrows in the Cöeby Neolithic Cemetery of Trédion, Morbihan [html, pdf 12pp] #neolithic #megalithic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pd

  10. Atypical Long Barrows in the Cöeby Neolithic Cemetery of Trédion, Morbihan [html, pdf 12pp] #neolithic #megalithic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pd

  11. The Sixty Long Barrows of North and Mid-Wessex: A Fresh Appraisal of the Landscape Settings, Orientations and Monumental Relationships, leading to a Reconstruction of a Neolithic Calendar - Terence Meaden [pdf 119pp] #neolithic #megalithic
    ubpopenbooks.com/index.php/ubp

  12. The Sixty Long Barrows of North and Mid-Wessex: A Fresh Appraisal of the Landscape Settings, Orientations and Monumental Relationships, leading to a Reconstruction of a Neolithic Calendar - Terence Meaden [pdf 119pp] #neolithic #megalithic
    ubpopenbooks.com/index.php/ubp

  13. The Sixty Long Barrows of North and Mid-Wessex: A Fresh Appraisal of the Landscape Settings, Orientations and Monumental Relationships, leading to a Reconstruction of a Neolithic Calendar - Terence Meaden [pdf 119pp] #neolithic #megalithic
    ubpopenbooks.com/index.php/ubp

  14. The Sixty Long Barrows of North and Mid-Wessex: A Fresh Appraisal of the Landscape Settings, Orientations and Monumental Relationships, leading to a Reconstruction of a Neolithic Calendar - Terence Meaden [pdf 119pp] #neolithic #megalithic
    ubpopenbooks.com/index.php/ubp

  15. The Sixty Long Barrows of North and Mid-Wessex: A Fresh Appraisal of the Landscape Settings, Orientations and Monumental Relationships, leading to a Reconstruction of a Neolithic Calendar - Terence Meaden [pdf 119pp] #neolithic #megalithic
    ubpopenbooks.com/index.php/ubp

  16. 5,600-year-old megalith builders in Poland farmed without widespread forest destruction

    Neolithic farmers who built some of Europe’s largest burial monuments did not wipe out the forests around them,…
    #Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #LIDAR #Megalithic #Neolithic #RemoteSensing
    europesays.com/poland/14677/

  17. New study reveals how Stonehenge’s Altar Stone crossed ancient Britain

    A massive sandstone block at the heart of Stonehenge has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Known as the Altar Stone, the six-ton megalith stands apart from the monument’s other stones because of its unusual origin. Researchers now believe the stone came from northeast Scotland, around 700 kilometers from Stonehenge..

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/06/stu

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  18. New study reveals how Stonehenge’s Altar Stone crossed ancient Britain

    A massive sandstone block at the heart of Stonehenge has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Known as the Altar Stone, the six-ton megalith stands apart from the monument’s other stones because of its unusual origin. Researchers now believe the stone came from northeast Scotland, around 700 kilometers from Stonehenge..

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/06/stu

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #megalithic #stonehenge

  19. New study reveals how Stonehenge’s Altar Stone crossed ancient Britain

    A massive sandstone block at the heart of Stonehenge has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Known as the Altar Stone, the six-ton megalith stands apart from the monument’s other stones because of its unusual origin. Researchers now believe the stone came from northeast Scotland, around 700 kilometers from Stonehenge..

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/06/stu

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #megalithic #stonehenge

  20. New study reveals how Stonehenge’s Altar Stone crossed ancient Britain

    A massive sandstone block at the heart of Stonehenge has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Known as the Altar Stone, the six-ton megalith stands apart from the monument’s other stones because of its unusual origin. Researchers now believe the stone came from northeast Scotland, around 700 kilometers from Stonehenge..

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/06/stu

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #megalithic #stonehenge

  21. New study reveals how Stonehenge’s Altar Stone crossed ancient Britain

    A massive sandstone block at the heart of Stonehenge has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Known as the Altar Stone, the six-ton megalith stands apart from the monument’s other stones because of its unusual origin. Researchers now believe the stone came from northeast Scotland, around 700 kilometers from Stonehenge..

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/06/stu

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #megalithic #stonehenge

  22. The Stonehenge Experiment [video 10m27s] - 60 people move a 3.5-tonne stone - Butser Ancient Farm #Stonehenge #megalithic youtu.be/4xd42UiPRjU

  23. The Stonehenge Experiment [video 10m27s] - 60 people move a 3.5-tonne stone - Butser Ancient Farm #Stonehenge #megalithic youtu.be/4xd42UiPRjU