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    The dolmen de Bagneux is a megalith located in Saumur, France. It is the largest dolmen in France, and one of the largest in Europe. The dolmen in Bagneux...
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    The Dolmen de Soto is a Neolithic subterranean structure in Trigueros, Andalucía, Spain. It is estimated it was built between 4,500 and 5,000 years ago...
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    A dolmen (/ˈdɒlmɛn/) or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large...
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    The Dolmen of Menga (Spanish: Dolmen de Menga) is a megalithic burial mound called a tumulus, a long barrow form of dolmen, dating from 3750–3650 BCE approximately...
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  • pp272. "The Loire Dolmens, France". Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01. "Le Grand Dolmen de Bagneux". "The Modern Antiquarian:...
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    The Dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the Treasure of Guadalperal and as the Spanish Stonehenge for its resemblance to the English Stonehenge, is a...
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    Siberia and MongoliaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Dolmen – Type of single-chamber megalithic tomb Fulacht fiadh – Burned mound from...
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    The Dolmen de Viera or Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera is a dolmen—a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb—located in Antequera, province of Málaga, Andalusia...
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    February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021. De Smedt, Philippe; Garwood, Paul; Chapman, Henry; Deforce, Koen; De Grave, Johan; Hanssens, Daan; Vandenberghe...
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  • The Antequera Dolmens Site is a cultural heritage ensemble comprising three cultural monuments (the Dolmen of Menga, Dolmen of Viera and Tholos of El...
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    Poulnabrone dolmen (Irish: Poll na Brón, lit. 'Hole of Sorrow') is a large dolmen (or cromlech, a type of single-chamber portal tomb) located in the Burren...
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    the Wayback Machine Evendon, J (2001-02-11). "Le Dehus - Burial Chamber (Dolmen)". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 2008-09-16. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro (Portuguese: Anta Grande do Zambujeiro) is a megalithic monument located in Nossa Senhora da Tourega, near Valverde, in the...
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    Barnenez (redirect from Cairn de Barnenez)
    this phase. The 11 chambers of the Barnenez cairn are of the type known as Dolmen à couloir in French archaeological terminology. The term translates roughly...
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    contain *Sal(m)- elements, which may share Old European roots. The Dolmen de Bagneux on the south of the town, is 23 meters long and is built from 15 large...
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    Brownshill Dolmen (Irish: Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh) is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow, Ireland. Its...
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    Bougon Caixa de Rotllan Carnac Menhir de Champ-Dolent Dolmen de Bagneux Broken Menhir of Er Grah Dolmen de Mané-Kerioned Filitosa Gallardet Dolmen Gavrinis...
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    Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli (burial mounds) and single menhirs (standing stones)...
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    lost without having been properly examined. German artist Charles Frederick de Brocktorff had painted a picture of the site within a year or two prior to...
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    recognisable in a series of drawings made by the artist Charles Frederick de Brocktorff in 1829, immediately after the temples' excavation. The Tarxien...
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    Islands (2015) Archaeoastronomy Calendar Circular ditches Circular rampart Dolmen European megalithic culture Megalith Menhir Pit alignments Sundial "Early...
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    The Dolmen de la Pastora (also known as Cueva de la Pastora) is a prehistoric passage grave at Valencina de la Concepción near Seville, Spain. It has...
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    Constructions in south Spain (Dolmen de Alberite, Cádiz). c. 4000 BC: Constructions in Brittany (Carnac), Portugal (Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro, Évora), France...
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    biggest of these is the ceiling slab which weighs nearly 17 tons. Such simple dolmen-type chambers, reached by passages, were very common in Brittany between...
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    Pentre Ifan (category Dolmens in Wales)
    contains and gives its name to the largest and best preserved neolithic dolmen in Wales. The Pentre Ifan monument is a scheduled monument and is one of...
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    Bougon Caixa de Rotllan Carnac Menhir de Champ-Dolent Dolmen de Bagneux Broken Menhir of Er Grah Dolmen de Mané-Kerioned Filitosa Gallardet Dolmen Gavrinis...
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    reconstruction inside the circle.[self-published source?] In the 1970s, a dolmen structure was toppled, since there were doubts as to its authenticity. The...
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    the temple is one of the thirteen watchtowers built by Grand Master Martin de Redin, called Ħamrija Tower. A memorial to General Sir Walter Congreve, Governor...
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    Locmariaquer megaliths (category Dolmens in France)
    Brittany. They comprise the elaborate Er-Grah tumulus passage grave, a dolmen known as the Table des Marchand and "The Broken Menhir of Er Grah", the...
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    either Thomas Mayn (who served in the village from 1298 to 1319), or John de Hoby (who served from 1319 to 1324). Archaeologists found a man's body under...
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