Key:megalith_type

megalith_type=* is used to specify the type of a megalith.

How to map

• historic=archaeological_site mandatory
• archaeological_site=megalith mandatory
• name=*

  In many cases, the megaliths can be further differentiated, as in:

  • megalith_type=stećak - there are more than 60 thousand individual  stećak tombstones in Bosnia, some weighing up to 32 tones, mostly grouped in stećak_necropolis=*
  • megalith_type=dolmen -  Dolmen(en)(fr), Großsteingrab(de) - single-chamber megalithic tomb
  • megalith_type=passage_grave -  Passage grave, Ganggrab(de)
  • megalith_type=gallery_grave - Gallery grave
  • megalith_type=long_barrow -  Long barrow - a collective tomb, also called Langbett(de)
  • megalith_type=tholos -  Tholos - beehive megalithic tomb
  • megalith_type=menhir -  Menhir(en)(fr), Hinkelstein(de) - large upright standing monolithic stone
  • megalith_type=alignment - Megalithic Alignment or  Stone row(en), alignement mégalithique(fr), Steinreihe(de)
  • megalith_type=stone_circle -  Stone circle, Steinkreis(de), cromlech(fr)
  • megalith_type=stone_ship -  Stone ship or Ship setting
  • megalith_type=cist -  Cist is a small stone-built coffin-like box.
  • megalith_type=ring_cairn -  Ring cairn is a circular or slightly oval, ring-shaped, low (maximum 0.5 metres high) embankment.
  • megalith_type=nuraghe -  Nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia.
  • megalith_type=well -  Muragic holy well
  • megalith_type=chamber - only fragments of the grave are visible, and the type can no longer be identified.

• moved=yes - optional - there are megaliths that have been moved. [1](de)

Choice of value

When naming the megaliths, there is no avoiding the use of the regional terms that have been coined in the different historical records and the varied history of the archaeological research. A unified English terminology is not possible, because for specific types of megaliths either no English word exists, or the established localised terminology is in use.

Examples

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  menhir

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  alignment

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  stone_circle

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  dolmen

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  long_barrow

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  passage_grave

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  gallery_grave

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  stone_ship

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  cist

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  nuraghe

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  well

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  tholos

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  stećak