List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain

Great Britain has many prehistoric sites and structures of interest, dating from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. The most famous one is probably Stonehenge, in Wiltshire.

Structures and sites

Agricultural structures, mines and roads

• Bathampton Down, Iron Age earth enclosure with Bronze Age round barrows in the area.
• Bindon Hill, Iron Age earth enclosure.
• Great Orme, Bronze Age copper mines and an Iron Age hill fort.
• Grimes Graves, Neolithic flint mining complex.
• The Ridgeway, ancient trackway.
• Sweet Track, ancient causeway.
• Tarr Steps, late Bronze Age clapper bridge.

Burial structures

• Barclodiad y Gawres, Neolithic cruciform passage grave.
• Belas Knap, Neolithic long barrow.
• Bryn Celli Ddu, Bronze Age passage grave on the site of a Neolithic stone circle and henge.
• Clava cairn, Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn.
• Duggleby Howe, round barrow.
• Julliberrie's Grave, unchambered earthen Neolithic long barrow.
• Lanyon Quoit, dolmen.
• Maeshowe, Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave.
• Pentre Ifan, Neolithic dolmen.
• Seven Barrows, site of bowl barrows, bell barrows, saucer barrows and disc barrows.
• St Lythans, Neolithic dolmen.
• Stoney Littleton Long Barrow, Neolithic chambered tomb
• Tinkinswood, Neolithic dolmen.
• Trethevy Quoit, Neolithic burial chamber.
• Wayland's Smithy, Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb.
• West Kennet Long Barrow, Neolithic chambered long barrow.

Causewayed enclosures

• Coombe Hill, East Sussex
• Flagstones
• Hembury
• Robin Hood's Ball
• Windmill Hill

Fortifications

Hill forts

• Badbury Rings, Iron Age hill fort.
• Barbury Castle, Iron Age hill fort.
• Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire, late Bronze Age hill fort.
• Berry Castle, Weare Gifford, Iron Age hill fort
• Blackbury Camp, Iron Age hill fort.
• Cadbury Hill, , Iron Age hill fort.
• Castell Dinas Bran, Iron Age hill fort.
• Castell Henllys, Iron Age hill fort.
• Castle an Dinas, St. Columb Major, Iron Age hill fort.
• Castle Hill, Huddersfield, Iron Age hill fort.
• Coney's Castle, Iron Age hill fort.
• Danebury, Iron Age hill fort.
• Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire, Iron Age defensive ditch.
• Dinas Dinlle, Iron Age hill fort.
• Dumbarton Castle, Iron Age strong hold.
• Dunadd, Iron Age hill fort.
• Durnovaria, Iron Age hill fort.
• Eildon Hill, Late Bronze Age hill fort.
• Eggardon Hill, Iron Age hill fort.
• Hambledon Hill, Iron Age hill fort and remains of Neolithic causewayed enclosures.
• Hod Hill, Iron Age hill fort.
• Lambert's Castle, Iron Age hill fort.
• Maes Knoll, Iron Age hill fort.
• Maiden Castle, Dorset, Iron Age hill fort.
• Old Sarum, Iron Age hill fort and Neolithic settlement.
• Old Winchester Hill, Iron Age hill fort and Bronze Age barrows.
• Oram's Arbour, Iron Age hill fort.
• Pen Dinas, Iron Age hill fort.
• Pilsdon Pen, Iron Age hill fort.
• Poundbury Hill, Iron Age hill fort and Middle Bronze Age settlement.
• Segsbury Camp, Iron Age hill fort.
• Solsbury Hill, Iron Age hill fort.
• Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, Iron Age hill fort.
• Traprain Law, Iron Age hill fort.
• Tre'r Ceiri, Iron Age hill fort.
• Uffington Castle, Iron Age hill fort.
• White Castle, East Lothian, Iron Age hill fort.
• Wincobank (hill fort), Iron Age hill fort.

Other defensive structures

• Broch of Mousa, broch.
• Dun Carloway, broch.
• Edin's Hall Broch, broch.
• Eilean Domhnuill, crannog.

Henges

• Arbor Low, late Neolithic Class II henge.
• Avebury, Neolithic henge and stone circles.
• Ballymeanoch, Neolithic henge with a small burial cairn as well as standing stones and stone circles.
• The Bull Ring, Neolithic Class II henge.
• Durrington Walls, Neolithic Class II henge.
• King Arthur's Round Table, Cumbria, Neolithic Class II henge.
• Maumbury Rings, Neolithic henge later used as a Roman amphitheatre.
• Mayburgh Henge, Neolithic henge with standing stones.
• Ring of Brodgar, Neolithic henge and stone circle.
• Stonehenge, Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument.
• Thornborough Henges, three aligned Neolithic henges.
• Woodhenge, Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle.

Hill figures

• Cerne Abbas giant, hill figure popularly believed to be ancient but recently dated to c. 17th century.
• Long Man of Wilmington, hill figure of uncertain age, but probably not prehistoric.
• Uffington White Horse, Bronze Age hill figure.

Settlement sites

• Carn Brea
• Cheddar Gorge and its caves
• Chysauster Ancient Village
• Din Lligwy
• Flag Fen
• Little Woodbury
• The Sanctuary
• Skara Brae

Stone monuments

• Achavanich
• Beckhampton Avenue
• Bennachie
• Birkrigg stone circle
• Boscawen-Un
• Boskednan stone circle
• The Bridestones
• Callanish
• Castlerigg stone circle
• Doll Tor
• Drizzlecombe
• Grey Wethers
• The Hurlers (stone circles)
• Long Meg and Her Daughters
• The Longstones
• Mên-an-Tol
• The Merry Maidens
• Merrivale, Devon
• Mitchell's Fold
• Nine Ladies
• Rollright Stones
• Rudston
• Stalldown Barrow
• Standing Stones of Stenness
• Stanton Drew
• Stones of Scotland
• Swinside
• Temple Wood
• Torhouse
• Tregeseal East stone circle
• Yellowmead Down

Structures of unknown purpose

• Grim's Ditch, Bank and ditch earthworks.
• Seahenge, Bronze Age timber monument.
• Silbury Hill, the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe.
• The Gop, Neolithic mound in Wales.

See also

Prehistoric Britain

External links

• [Winter Solstice and Long Barrows http://www.jqjacobs.net/blog/long_barrows.html] has a listing of Long Barrow Coordinates via file links.
• Prehistoric Burial Sites in Wales