#megalithic — Public Fediverse posts

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

There are ancient #megalithic monuments on Møn galore, some well preserved: https://www.insula-moenia.dk/ancient_monuments/ancient.html - here are two #PassageTombs, a #CairnChamber and a #LongBarrow, all #neolithic.

For #StandingStoneSunday we have a visit to #Menhir Central, #Carnac in #Brittany and the huge alignments.

Prints: https://prints.travelling-light.net/featured/standing-stone-alignments-carnac-brittany-colin-and-linda-mckie.html

#Breizh #Menhirs #Megaliths #Megalithic #Prehistoric #Photography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #BWPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Toned

At last! I have a fresh new #painting to show you: #WaylandsSmithy #LongBarrow. My first painting for 4 months & my first of 2026.

I've returned to a theme which I first explored with my paintbrushes (and muddy boots) 25+ years ago; ancient monuments, #standingstones & our #Neolithic past.

#Watercolour #Oxfordshire #standingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Archaeology #megalithic

Stoney Littleton longbarrow, a neolithic tomb a few miles from #Bath #Somerset #UK.
Built between 3800-3400 BCE, with the larger stones thought to have been brought to the spot from at least 5 miles away.
#archaeology #neolithic #neolithicperiod #stoneage #megalithic #longbarrow #tomb

‘some assembly required’

How to build a Neolithic? Perspectives on megalith building practices and landscape perception during the Funnel Beaker period in northern Germany [pdf 10pp] #neolithic #megalithic #FunnelBeaker #dolmen #LongBarrow https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/111063028/Changing_Identity_06_Wunderlich-libre.pdf?1706789251=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DHow_to_build_a_Neolithic_Perspectives_on.pdf&Expires=1716581846&Signature=fDXMDLUewEIbldMi0-izGaHJtyzbpTkPOhPvlHO74rjx1I6KGLRoqP2uMviVG2Qepces43rUGV3CdaUdpw93CWh4rhkkzL7KBsz6T9rMp5z10MaX1Zv5B-VWJi573wfX8Pt6kO3N0zCkEUzg5zmW8K1sRGXvM~uL6netV2KXv0RZyoawmTChVLWq-wojIlviV495-abZV9mpWyn519rhOgthEmUkhtM0A4YjziwhrrXY0e6QiYvTjcBjCQAk4pGv28A4cIG4XMti6YbMX8QXjddCy-kEsOJrvm1t-mhtJlAhqo8EJ23VP7PAotPi04MhdkafqdARaWr5KxUGb-h2lA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

For #StandingStoneSunday these were taken 13 years plus 1 week ago.

#WestKennet #LongBarrow #Avebury #Wiltshire #Dolmen #Barrow #Megaliths #Megalithic #Prehistoric #Photography #LandscapePhotography

Tumulus de Tusson : 6,000-year-old settlement of Europe’s megalithic builders https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/6000-year-old-settlement-of-europes-prehistoric-megalithic-builders/146255 #megalithic #neolithic #Charente #tumulus via @HeritageDaily