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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
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Stonehenge - modelling the sarsen stone transport route [pdf 13pp] #Stonehenge #megalithic #neolithic @timdaw https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tim-Daw/publication/413532460_Modelling_the_sarsen_transport_route_West_Woods_to_Stonehenge_A_blind_least-cost_analysis_over_layered_open_data/links/6a89ff944c551d12697f3230/Modelling-the-sarsen-transport-route-West-Woods-to-Stonehenge-A-blind-least-cost-analysis-over-layered-open-data.pdf
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Megaliths and Neolithic societies in northern and western Europe [pdf 9pp] #megalithic #neolithic https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/new-book-chronicle-megaliths-and-neolithic-societies-in-northern-and-western-europe/2DC6ABDE8D9B3C3CB869DAC5D8033737
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Hawley's Stonehenge Reports Reappraised #Stonehenge #megalithic #neolithic @timdaw https://www.academia.edu/171340889/Hawleys_Stonehenge_Reports_Reappraised
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Atypical Long Barrows in the Cöeby Neolithic Cemetery of Trédion, Morbihan [html, pdf 12pp] #neolithic #megalithic https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/arp.70060
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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
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The Stonehenge Altar Stone: Screening the Orcadian Basin [pdf 21pp] #Stonehenge #megalithic #neolithic https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10365.12008
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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: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/study-reveals-how-stonehenges-altar-stone-crossed-britain/
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Megaliths: Myths vs Science Explained #megaliths #megalithic
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The Stonehenge Experiment [video 10m27s] - 60 people move a 3.5-tonne stone - Butser Ancient Farm #Stonehenge #megalithic https://youtu.be/4xd42UiPRjU
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The World of Stonehenge (virtual exhibition) - free online access from Sunday 21 June : University of Reading and British Museum #Stonehenge #neolithic #megalithic #StandingStoneSunday https://research.reading.ac.uk/british-museum-partnership/the-world-of-stonehenge-virtual-exhibition/
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Soga no Umako, who died OTD in 626, went to great lengths to promote Buddhism in #Japan; the Ishibutai kofun is thought to be his #megalithic tomb https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kofun/ishibutai.html?s=mb #travel
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primitive percussion youth orchestra : 'the fish stone' track on bandcamp [17m56s] #PrimitivePercussionYouthOrchestra #MusicEducation #PercussionEnsemble #megalithic #menhir #StandingStoneSunday https://backupdiscs.bandcamp.com/album/the-fish-stone
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From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone [html, pdf 8pp] #Stonehenge #megalithic #neolithic #GlacialErratics https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jqs.70080
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CPA Menhir Dolmen Ploeven Menhir dit Fuseau de Ste Barbe
https://www.cpaphil.com/en/vintage-postcard/cpa-menhir-dolmen-ploeven-menhir-dit-fuseau-de-ste-barbe
#CPA #Menhir #Dolmen #Ploeven #SteBarbeSpindle #Megalithic #BretonHeritage #AncientBrittany #CelticHistory #PrehistoricSite #StoneMonuments #BretonMystery #Archaeology
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CPA Menhir Dolmen Ploeven Menhir dit Fuseau de Ste Barbe www.cpaphil.com/en/v... #CPA #Menhir #Dolmen #Ploeven #SteBarbeSpindle #Megalithic #BretonHeritage #AncientBrittany #CelticHistory #PrehistoricSite #StoneMonuments #BretonMystery #Archaeology
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CPA Menhir Dolmen Saint Pierre Quiberon Le geant des alignements du moulin
#CPA #Menhir #Dolmen #SaintPierreQuiberon #CarnacStones #Megalithic #BretonHeritage #AncientBrittany #CelticHistory #GiantAlignments #MoulinAlignments #PrehistoricSite
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A couple of fine big lads we came across in the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore.
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Megalithic Societies : Old Questions, New Narratives [pdf 301pp] #megalithic #menhirs #dolmens #RockArt https://www.academia.edu/166926171/Announcement_of_up_and_coming_volume_Megalithic_Societies
