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In the Netherlands megaliths were created with erratics from glaciers in the northeastern part of the country. [10] These megaliths are locally known as hunebedden (hunebeds) and are usually dolmens. Parts of 53 of these hunebeds are known to exist on their original locations. [11] The different hunebeds are differentiated by province and number.
Gids vor Drentse hunebedden en de Trechterbekerkultuur. Flint 'Nhoes, Borger 1984. William Collings Lukis: Report on the hunebedden of Drenthe, Netherlands. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 2nd series. Volume 8, 1878, p. 47–55 . Wijnand van der Sanden, Hans Dekker: Gids voor de hunebedden in Drenthe en Groningen.
Great dolmen – Type of dolmen in Nordic megalith architecture; Inuksuk – Inuit built stone landmark or cairn; Polygonal dolmen – Type of dolmen with five to nine supporting stones; Rectangular dolmen – Rectangular, enlarged or extended dolmen; Simple dolmen – Early form of dolmen or megalithic tomb
This is an incomplete list of dolmens, a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb. 40% of the world's dolmens are found in Korea. [1] [2] Dolmens are also found in Europe, especially Northern France, Britain and Ireland.
This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
The great dolmen or grand dolmen [1] (German: Großdolmen, Danish: Stordysse) is a type of megalithic site of the Funnelbeaker culture (TBK) that occurs in Nordic megalith architecture, primarily in the east of what is now German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and which has two different types of entrance. Neolithic monuments are features of the ...
A quarry is a unique addition to the megalithic complex of the island. Stones of the quarry have clear traces of copper tools as well as wooden wedges. By means of these wedges and water ancient megalithic builders could cut granite and extract needed stone blocks. There are also traces of extractions of large stone plates used as megalithic ...