Prehistoric Britain

Mysterious Stone, Bronze and Iron age relics. Some famous, some much more overlooked.

64 Places

Avebury, England

Avebury

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Pentre Ifan

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

Mansfield, England

The Druid Stone

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

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Faringdon, England

Uffington White Horse

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

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Chipping Norton, England

Rollright Stones

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

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Sandwick, Scotland

Skara Brae

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Orkney, Scotland

Ring of Brodgar

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

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Marlborough, England

Silbury Hill

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

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Sutton-in-Ashfield, England

Hamilton Hill

The English town of Mansfield likely got its name from this enigmatic breast-shaped mound rising abruptly from the earth.

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Stromness, Scotland

The Stones of Stenness

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

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London, England

Lindow Man

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

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Cerne Abbas, England

The Cerne Abbas Giant

Giant naked man on a hillside.

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Dunino, Scotland

Dunino Den

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

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Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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Sumburgh, Scotland

Jarlshof

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

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Keswick, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

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Arbor Low Stone Circle

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

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Sandwick, Scotland

Broch of Mousa

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales

Bryn Celli Ddu

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

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Salisbury, England

Woodhenge

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

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Din Lligwy

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

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Finstown, Scotland

Cuween Hill Cairn

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

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Eglwys Gwyddelod Stone Circle

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

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Carloway, Scotland

Dun Carloway

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

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West Malling, England

Coldrum Long Barrow

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

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Lynford, England

Grime's Graves

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

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Liddel, Scotland

Tomb of the Eagles

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

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Toad's Mouth

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

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Stanton Lees, England

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

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Dulverton, England

Tarr Steps

This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.

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Bristol, England

Stanton Drew Stone Circles

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

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Penzance, England

Mên-an-Tol (Circle Stone)

A circle stone within a stone circle.

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Stenness, Scotland

Ness of Brodgar

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

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Liverpool, England

The Archer Stone

Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.

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London, England

King Henry's Mound

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

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Cambridge, England

Fourwentways Bronze Age Cemetery

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.

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Liverpool, England

The Calderstones

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

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Llandudno, Wales

The Great Orme Copper Mines

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

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Cheddar, England

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

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Swindon, England

Barbury Castle

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

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Penzance, England

The Merry Maidens

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

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Wilmington, England

The Long Man of Wilmington

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

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Machrie, Scotland

Machrie Moor Standing Stones

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

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Ludlow, England

Titterstone Clee Hill

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

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Marlborough, England

West Kennet Long Barrow

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

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Salisbury, England

The Skeletons of Stonehenge

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

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Lundin Links, Scotland

Lundin Links Standing Stones

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.

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Hampton Fields, England

Longstone of Minchinhampton

Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.

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