Cycoliths (Stone circles)

Connected Sites: 10

Multiple stones (ie not "monoliths") erected in an approximate circle and never covered by earth (ie not "dolmens")

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Connected Sites

Stone Circles of Senegambia
Inscribed: 2006
2.45
38
3
"The Circles Of Stones Proposed For Inscription Represent The Totality Of The Megalithic Area In Which The Presence Of Such A Large Number Of Circles Is A Unique Manifestation Of Construction And Funerary Practices Which Persisted For Over A Millennium" (Ouv)
Stonehenge
Stonehenge
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1986
3.75
589
18
Neolithic Orkney
Neolithic Orkney
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1999
3.80
140
11
Ring Of Brodgar
Caral-Supe
Inscribed: 2009
3.42
66
8
Solovetsky Islands
Inscribed: 1992
3.43
24
2
Stone Alignments And Circles
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Inscribed: 1997
3.57
152
7
Gavarnie
Brú na Bóinne
Inscribed: 1993
3.62
258
11
A Circle Of Standing Stones Also Surrounds Newgrange. .. Excavation Have Shown That One Of The Stones Of The Circle Lies Directly On Top Of The Early Bronze Age Pit Circle. (See Link)
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Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum
Jordan
Inscribed: 2011
3.98
299
8
Several Stone Circles With A Larger Stone Standing In The Centre, Located In The Foothills Of Jebel Umm Ishrin And Jebel Rum, Have Been Identified As Pre-Islamic Shrines (Ab Ev)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Germany, United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1987
2.82
448
19
Hadrians Wall, Location 430ter-182 "Stone Circle, Defended Settlement, Romano-British Farmstead & Field System, Roman Camp & Group Of Shielings Immediately South Of Greenlee Lough" (Unesco)
Jomon Prehistoric Sites
Inscribed: 2021
2.49
36
4
"Ritual Places Including Earthworks And Large Stone Circles Reaching Diameters Of More Than 50 Metres" (Official Description) Examples Of This Are Component Parts 010 (Komakino Stone Circle), 011 (Isedotai Stone Circles) And 012 (Oyu Stone Circles). (Nomination File, P. 68, 73, 78)