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height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Malta_relief_location_map.png/375px-Malta_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Malta_relief_location_map.png/500px-Malta_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="719" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:16.929%;left:22.628%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Xagħra Stone Circle"><img alt="Xagħra Stone Circle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/8px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/12px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Xag%C4%A7ra_Stone_Circle&params=36_2_47_N_14_15_53_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°2′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">14°15′53″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.04639°N 14.26472°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.04639; 14.26472</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Hypogeum" title="Hypogeum">Hypogeum</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Material</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">Limestone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 4100–3800 BC (earliest remains)<br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 3000–2400 BC (main burial ground)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abandoned</th><td class="infobox-data">before 2000 BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Periods</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%BBebbu%C4%A1_phase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Żebbuġ phase (page does not exist)">Żebbuġ phase</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tarxien_phase" title="Tarxien phase">Tarxien phase</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tarxien_Cemetery_phase" title="Tarxien Cemetery phase">Tarxien Cemetery phase</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bor%C4%A1_in-Nadur_phase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Borġ in-Nadur phase (page does not exist)">Borġ in-Nadur phase</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Site notes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Excavation dates</th><td class="infobox-data">1826 and 1987–1994</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">Ruins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ownership</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malta" title="Government of Malta">Government of Malta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Management</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Malta" title="Heritage Malta">Heritage Malta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public access</th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Xagħra Stone Circle</b> (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: <i lang="mt">Iċ-Ċirku tax-Xagħra</i>), also known as the <b>Xagħra Hypogeum</b> or the <b>Brochtorff Circle</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> funerary complex located in <a href="/wiki/Xag%C4%A7ra" title="Xagħra">Xagħra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gozo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>. It consists of a series of caves which were used to bury the dead, and which were surrounded by a walled enclosure. It mainly dates back to around 3000 to 2400 BC, although the earliest tombs at the site date back to 4100 to 3800 BC. The caves collapsed sometime before 2000 BC, and the site was later used for domestic and agricultural purposes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After being discovered in the late 18th century, the site was excavated in the 1820s before being reburied and forgotten. It was rediscovered in 1964, and major excavations took place from 1987 to 1994. It is the only prehistoric stone-enclosed <a href="/wiki/Hypogeum" title="Hypogeum">hypogeum</a> in Europe, and is regarded as one of the most important archaeological sites in Malta along with the <a href="/wiki/Megalithic_Temples_of_Malta" title="Megalithic Temples of Malta">megalithic temples</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hypogeum_of_%C4%A6al-Saflieni" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni">Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni</a>. Recent dating through AMS has added scores of new date estimates of the burials as part of the ERC-funded FRAGSUS project and the ToTL project. The isotopic studies indicate changing dietary and climatic conditions and link with broader changes in the local environment.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xag%C4%A7ra_Stone_Circle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When first discovered in 1788, the site was simply described as an "ancient structure" without a name or description. After it was depicted in paintings by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_de_Brocktorff" title="Charles Frederick de Brocktorff">Charles Frederick de Brocktorff</a> in the 1820s, the site was commonly referred to as the <i>Brochtorff Circle</i>, although it is not known who came up with this name.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2010-01-10_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2010-01-10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site eventually became known as the <i>Xagħra Stone Circle</i> or the <i>Gozo Stone Circle</i>. According to the archaeologist David Trump, these names are misnomers because 'Stone Circles' in northern Europe and the British Isles refer to a different type of Neolithic structure. In 2009, Trump coined the term <i>Xagħra Circle</i> as the name best describing the site.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2010-01-10_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2010-01-10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Site">Site</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xag%C4%A7ra_Stone_Circle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Xagħra Stone Circle originally consisted of a walled enclosure surrounding caves which were used as a necropolis. It has some similarities to the <a href="/wiki/Hypogeum_of_%C4%A6al-Saflieni" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni">Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni</a>, a prehistoric funerary complex on the main island of Malta.<sup id="cite_ref-philipcoppens_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philipcoppens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Ħal-Saflieni is a man-made carved structure, while the Xagħra Stone Circle consists of natural caves which were adapted into a cemetery. Excavations at the site have shown that the bodies of the deceased were dismembered, and the different body parts were buried at separate places.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2010-01-10_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2010-01-10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site was the burial ground of the same community which built the nearby <a href="/wiki/%C4%A0gantija" title="Ġgantija">Ġgantija</a> temple, which is now well-preserved. Several other temples might have stood in the vicinity, including at <a href="/wiki/Santa_Verna" title="Santa Verna">Santa Verna</a> (where a few megaliths which are probably the remains of an important temple were found) and Ta' Ġesù.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2010-01-10_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2010-01-10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earliest tombs at the site date back to between 4100 and 3800 BC, during the <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%BBebbu%C4%A1_phase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Żebbuġ phase (page does not exist)">Żebbuġ phase</a> (although new chronology suggests the start date is probably closer to 3800 BC) of Maltese prehistory. There was limited activity from 3800 to 3000 BC, but pottery and dated bones demonstrate that burials were taking place in the caves and rock cut tomb, even though much of this material was probably reworked when the site was expanded and elaborated during the later Ggantija and Tarxien periods. Thus most of the site activity dates from 3000 to 2400 BC, associated with the insertion of megalithic stones into the subterranean complex to form compartments for burial areas. The caves in which the complex was built were prone to collapse, and they weakened over time so megaliths were used in an attempt to stabilize the roof. The structure finally collapsed at some point before 2000 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-bristol_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bristol-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When excavated, parts of the roof were found sunken into the top of the cave in the East Cave zone. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>, the site was probably used for non-funerary domestic purposes, and remains from the <a href="/wiki/Tarxien_Cemetery_phase" title="Tarxien Cemetery phase">Tarxien Cemetery</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bor%C4%A1_in-Nadur_phase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Borġ in-Nadur phase (page does not exist)">Borġ in-Nadur phases</a> were uncovered in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-nicpmi_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicpmi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The land was subsequently used for agricultural purposes until the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2010-01-10_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2010-01-10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery,_excavations_and_recent_history"><span id="Discovery.2C_excavations_and_recent_history"></span>Discovery, excavations and recent history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xag%C4%A7ra_Stone_Circle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Discovery, excavations and recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aquarelle_de_Charles_de_Brochtorff_de_1825.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Aquarelle_de_Charles_de_Brochtorff_de_1825.jpg/220px-Aquarelle_de_Charles_de_Brochtorff_de_1825.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Aquarelle_de_Charles_de_Brochtorff_de_1825.jpg/330px-Aquarelle_de_Charles_de_Brochtorff_de_1825.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Aquarelle_de_Charles_de_Brochtorff_de_1825.jpg/440px-Aquarelle_de_Charles_de_Brochtorff_de_1825.jpg 2x" data-file-width="961" data-file-height="730" /></a><figcaption>Painting of the Xagħra Stone Circle by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_de_Brocktorff" title="Charles Frederick de Brocktorff">Charles Frederick de Brocktorff</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Xagħra Stone Circle was first recorded by Jean Houel in 1788. In the 1820s, Otto Bayer excavated part of the complex through a collapsed cave roof, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_de_Brocktorff" title="Charles Frederick de Brocktorff">Charles Frederick de Brocktorff</a> painted several paintings showing the site during this excavation. The site was filled in by the late 1830s, and its exact location was lost over time.<sup id="cite_ref-nicpmi_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicpmi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two monumental pillars which formed the circle's entrance still stood in 1828,<sup id="cite_ref-philipcoppens_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philipcoppens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but they were subsequently removed.<sup id="cite_ref-bristol_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bristol-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The complex was rediscovered by the Gozitan researcher Joe Attard Tabone in 1964. It was excavated between 1987 and 1994 by a joint team from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Malta" title="University of Malta">University of Malta</a>, the Maltese Museums Department and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (May 2024)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> The fieldwork and post-excavation study was directed by David Trump, Caroline Malone and Simon Stoddart, assisted by Prof Anthony Bonanno. A succession of student and professional volunteers assisted (see 2009 Malone et al, Mortuary Practices in Prehistoric Malta, Mortuary Customs).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s). (May 2024)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> These excavations revealed the remains of one of the largest funerary complexes in the Mediterranean, and led to a better understanding of the society who built Malta's megalithic temples. About 220,000 human bones belonging to between 450 and 800 individuals were uncovered during the excavations, along with some animal bones and a series of artifacts, including figurines and architectural fragments.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2010-01-10_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2010-01-10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The human remains archive was further analysed as part of the FRAGSUS ERC Advanced Project, headed by Caroline Malone, and published as vol 3 of the Fragsus Monographs, see references below. The new work has extracted aDNA from three individuals, showing that people originated from the eastern Mediterranean area as well as from the Adriatic-central Europe area in the third millennium BC. The new work also examines the 11000 teeth recovered in the excavations and identifies a range of pathologies and health issues in the prehistoric population. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batons_de_chaman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Batons_de_chaman.jpg/220px-Batons_de_chaman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Batons_de_chaman.jpg/330px-Batons_de_chaman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Batons_de_chaman.jpg/440px-Batons_de_chaman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1687" data-file-height="1106" /></a><figcaption>Stone figurines found at the Xagħra Stone Circle, now displayed at the <a href="/wiki/%C4%A0gantija" title="Ġgantija">Ġgantija</a> museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The Xagħra Stone Circle is regarded as one of the most important archaeological sites in Malta. It is the only stone-enclosed <a href="/wiki/Hypogeum" title="Hypogeum">hypogeum</a> in Europe, and the only prehistoric necropolis in Malta which was properly excavated – no records were kept when the human remains and artifacts at Ħal-Saflieni were cleared in the early 20th century. Parts of the site remain unstudied, and efforts are being made to preserve the complex, since it is fragile and prone to collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-independent2010-01-10_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent2010-01-10-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site is on government-owned land, and it is managed by <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Malta" title="Heritage Malta">Heritage Malta</a>. The remains have Class A protection, and they are listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Inventory_of_the_Cultural_Property_of_the_Maltese_Islands" title="National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands">National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nicpmi_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicpmi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site is not accessible to the public. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xag%C4%A7ra_Stone_Circle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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The Brochtorff Stone Circle. Current World Archaeology 7: 14–23.</li> <li>Chalmers, R. M. L. 1993.An investigation of the geomorphology and Local Resources of the Brochtorff Circle on Gozo. BA project, Bristol.</li> <li>Duhig, C. 1996. Burial practices in a Neolithic Maltese hypogeum – the human remains from the Brochtorff Circle, Gozo. In Anderson, S. and Boyle, K. (eds), Ritual treatment of human and animal remains. Proceedings of the First Meeting of the Osteoarchaeological Research Group. Oxford, Oxbow Books, pp. 63–72</li> <li>Grima, R. 2004. The Archaeological Drawings of Charles Fredrick de Brochtorff. Malta, Midsea Books Ltd and Heritage Malta.</li> <li>Malone, C. A. T. and Stoddart, S. K. F. 1995. Discoveries at the Brochtorff Circle. Treasures of Malta. Magazine of the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti 1(2): 15–19.</li> <li>1996. Maltese and Mediterranean Megalithism in the light of the Brochtorff Circle. In Grifoni Cremonesi, R., Guilaine, J. and L'Helgouach, J. (eds), The Neolithic in the Near East and Europe. Colloquium XVI. Megalithism. Preprints of the XIII Congress of the UISPP, Forlì, Italy. Forlì, Abaco, pp. 109–114</li> <li>Malone, C. A. T., Stoddart, S. K. F., Bonanno, A., Gouder, T. and Trump, D. 1995. Mortuary ritual of fourth millennium BC Malta: the Zebbug Period Chambered Tomb from the Brochtorff Circle at Xaghra (Gozo). Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 61: 303–345.</li> <li>Richards, M., Hedges, R., Walton, I., Stoddart, S. K. F. and Malone, C. A. T. 2001. Neolithic Diet at the Brochtorff Circle Malta. European Journal of Archaeology 4(2): 253–262.</li> <li>Stoddart, S. K. F. 2004. Cycles of Life or eternity: new light on prehistoric Maltese funerary ritual from the Brochtorff Circle at Xaghra2003 Conference in Malta (CD-ROM). Sarasota, Florida, EMPTC.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStoddartBarberDuhigMann2009" class="citation book cs1">Stoddart, Simon; Barber, Geraldine; Duhig, Corinne; Mann, George; O'Connell, Tamsin; Lai, Luca; Redhouse, David; Tykot, Robert H.; Malone, Caroline (2009). "The Human and Animal Remains". In Malone, Caroline; Stoddart, Simon; Bonanno, Anthony; Trump, David (eds.). <i>Mortuary customs in prehistoric Malta: Excavations at the Brochtorff Circle at Xagħra (1987–94)</i>. <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>: <a href="/wiki/McDonald_Institute_for_Archaeological_Research" title="McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research">McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17863%2FCAM.96837">10.17863/CAM.96837</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-902937-49-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-902937-49-6"><bdi>978-1-902937-49-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Human+and+Animal+Remains&rft.btitle=Mortuary+customs+in+prehistoric+Malta%3A+Excavations+at+the+Brochtorff+Circle+at+Xag%C4%A7ra+%281987%E2%80%9394%29&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=McDonald+Institute+for+Archaeological+Research&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17863%2FCAM.96837&rft.isbn=978-1-902937-49-6&rft.aulast=Stoddart&rft.aufirst=Simon&rft.au=Barber%2C+Geraldine&rft.au=Duhig%2C+Corinne&rft.au=Mann%2C+George&rft.au=O%27Connell%2C+Tamsin&rft.au=Lai%2C+Luca&rft.au=Redhouse%2C+David&rft.au=Tykot%2C+Robert+H.&rft.au=Malone%2C+Caroline&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AXag%C4%A7ra+Stone+Circle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Stoddart, S. K. F., Wysocki, M., Burgess, G., Barber, G., Duhig, C., Malone, C. A. T. and Mann, G. 1999. The articulation of disarticulation. Preliminary thoughts on the Brochtorff Circle at Xaghra (Gozo). In Downes, J. and Pollard, A. (eds), The loved body's corruption: archaeological contributions to the study of human mortality. Glasgow, Cruithne Press, pp. 94–105</li> <li>Stoddart et al, Vol 3 of the Fragsus Project: Temple People 2022, together with Vols 1 and 2, Temple Landscapes, and Temple Places: <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/312497">Temple landscapes: Fragility, change and resilience of Holocene environments in the Maltese Islands</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/315523">Temple places: Excavating cultural sustainability in prehistoric Malta</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/344488">Temple people: Bioarchaeology, resilience and culture in prehistoric Malta</a></li></ul></li> <li>Trump, D. H., Bonanno, A., Gouder, T., Malone, C. A. T. and Stoddart, S. K. F. 1993. New light on death in prehistoric Malta: the Brochtorff Circle. In Burenhult, G. (ed), The Illustrated History of Humankind. American Museum of Natural History. Vol 2. People of the Stone Age. Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farmers. Old World Civilisations. New York, Harper Collins, pp. 100–101</li> <li>Mortuary Customs in Prehistoric Malta, 2009, edited by Malone, Stoddart, Trump et al. 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href="/wiki/Sacred_pit_of_Garlo" title="Sacred pit of Garlo">Garlo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatul_Sanctuary" title="Tatul Sanctuary">Tatul Sanctuary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">France</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnenez" title="Barnenez">Barnenez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumulus_of_Bougon" title="Tumulus of Bougon">Tumulus of Bougon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caixa_de_Rotllan" title="Caixa de Rotllan">Caixa de Rotllan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnac_stones" title="Carnac stones">Carnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir_de_Champ-Dolent" title="Menhir de Champ-Dolent">Menhir de Champ-Dolent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_Bagneux" title="Dolmen de Bagneux">Dolmen de Bagneux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broken_Menhir_of_Er_Grah" class="mw-redirect" title="Broken Menhir of Er Grah">Broken Menhir of Er Grah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dolmen_de_Man%C3%A9-Kerioned&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dolmen de Mané-Kerioned (page does not exist)">Dolmen de Mané-Kerioned</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filitosa" title="Filitosa">Filitosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallardet_Dolmen" title="Gallardet Dolmen">Gallardet Dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavrinis" title="Gavrinis">Gavrinis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrespil" title="Harrespil">Harrespil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoti%C3%A9_de_Viviane" title="Hotié de Viviane">Hotié de Viviane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerz%C3%A9rho" title="Kerzérho">Kerzérho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locmariaquer_megaliths" title="Locmariaquer megaliths">Locmariaquer megaliths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mane_Braz" title="Mane Braz">Mane Braz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddaghju" title="Paddaghju">Paddaghju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyre-Brune" title="Peyre-Brune">Peyre-Brune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tombeau_de_Merlin" title="Tombeau de Merlin">Tombeau de Merlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tremeca" title="Tremeca">Tremeca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verziau_of_Gargantua" title="Verziau of Gargantua">Verziau of Gargantua</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Germany</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altendorf_(megalithic_tomb)" title="Altendorf (megalithic tomb)">Altendorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denghoog" title="Denghoog">Denghoog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraubillen_cross" title="Fraubillen cross">Fraubillen cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harhoog" title="Harhoog">Harhoog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancken-Granitz_dolmens" title="Lancken-Granitz dolmens">Lancken-Granitz dolmens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lohra_(megalithic_tomb)" title="Lohra (megalithic tomb)">Lohra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megaliths_in_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niedertiefenbach_(megalithic_tomb)" title="Niedertiefenbach (megalithic tomb)">Niedertiefenbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldendorfer_Totenstatt" title="Oldendorfer Totenstatt">Oldendorfer Totenstatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riesenstein_(Wolfershausen)" title="Riesenstein (Wolfershausen)">Riesenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Route_of_Megalithic_Culture" title="Route of Megalithic Culture">Route of Megalithic Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sieben_Steinh%C3%A4user" title="Sieben Steinhäuser">Sieben Steinhäuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wotanstein_(Hesse)" title="Wotanstein (Hesse)">Wotanstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCschen_(megalithic_tomb)" title="Züschen (megalithic tomb)">Züschen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guernsey</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Castel_Menhir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Castel Menhir (page does not exist)">Castel Menhir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Creux_%C3%A8s_Fa%C3%AFes" title="Le Creux ès Faïes">Le Creux ès Faïes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9hus_Dolmen" title="Déhus Dolmen">Déhus Dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Les_Fouillages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Les Fouillages (page does not exist)">Les Fouillages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Gran%27m%C3%A8re_du_Chimqui%C3%A8re" class="mw-redirect" title="La Gran'mère du Chimquière">La Gran'mère du Chimquière</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Le_Tr%C3%A9pied&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Le Trépied (page does not exist)">Le Trépied</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Varde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Varde (page does not exist)">La Varde</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_five-stone_circles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of five-stone circles">List of five-stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_multiple-stone_circles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of multiple-stone circles">List of multiple-stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aideen%27s_Grave" title="Aideen's Grave">Aideen's Grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardgroom" title="Ardgroom">Ardgroom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardristan_standing_stones" title="Ardristan standing stones">Ardristan standing stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltany_stone_circle" title="Beltany stone circle">Beltany stone circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohonagh" title="Bohonagh">Bohonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brennanstown_Portal_Tomb" title="Brennanstown Portal Tomb">Brennanstown Portal Tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownshill_dolmen" title="Brownshill dolmen">Brownshill dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BA_na_B%C3%B3inne" title="Brú na Bóinne">Brú na Bóinne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carraig_%C3%A1_Mhaistin_stone" title="Carraig á Mhaistin stone">Carraig á Mhaistin stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrigagulla" title="Carrigagulla">Carrigagulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrowmore" title="Carrowmore">Carrowmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlenalacht_Stone_Row" title="Castlenalacht Stone Row">Castlenalacht Stone Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlestrange_Stone" title="Castlestrange Stone">Castlestrange Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creevykeel_Court_Tomb" title="Creevykeel Court Tomb">Creevykeel Court Tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drombeg_stone_circle" title="Drombeg stone circle">Drombeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaulstown_Portal_Tomb" title="Gaulstown Portal Tomb">Gaulstown Portal Tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glantane_East" title="Glantane East">Glantane East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grange_stone_circle" title="Grange stone circle">Grange stone circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_cross" title="High cross">High cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kealkill_stone_circle" title="Kealkill stone circle">Kealkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knocknakilla" title="Knocknakilla">Knocknakilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meehambee_Dolmen" title="Meehambee Dolmen">Meehambee Dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Venus" title="Mount Venus">Mount Venus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piper%27s_Stones" title="Piper's Stones">Piper's Stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poulnabrone_dolmen" title="Poulnabrone dolmen">Poulnabrone dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reask" title="Reask">Reask</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Templebryan_Stone_Circle" title="Templebryan Stone Circle">Templebryan Stone Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turoe_Stone" title="Turoe Stone">Turoe Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uragh_Stone_Circle" title="Uragh Stone Circle">Uragh Stone Circle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Jersey</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_dolmens" title="Jersey dolmens">Jersey dolmens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Hougue_Bie" title="La Hougue Bie">La Hougue Bie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Malta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_Temples_of_Malta" title="Megalithic Temples of Malta">Megalithic Temples</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bor%C4%A1_l-Imramma" title="Borġ l-Imramma">Borġ l-Imramma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bor%C4%A1_in-Nadur" title="Borġ in-Nadur">Borġ in-Nadur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bu%C4%A1ibba_Temple" title="Buġibba Temple">Buġibba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debdieba" title="Debdieba">Debdieba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%A0gantija" title="Ġgantija">Ġgantija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%A6a%C4%A1ar_Qim" title="Ħaġar Qim">Ħaġar Qim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%A6al_%C4%A0inwi_temple" title="Ħal Ġinwi temple">Ħal Ġinwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kordin_Temples" title="Kordin Temples">Kordin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnajdra" title="Mnajdra">Mnajdra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qortin_l-Imdawwar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qortin l-Imdawwar (page does not exist)">Qortin l-Imdawwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Verna" title="Santa Verna">Santa Verna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skorba_Temples" title="Skorba Temples">Skorba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%27_%C4%A6a%C4%A1rat_Temples" title="Ta' Ħaġrat Temples">Ta' Ħaġrat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ta%27_Mar%C5%BCiena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ta' Marżiena (page does not exist)">Ta' Marżiena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ta%27_Raddiena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ta' Raddiena (page does not exist)">Ta' Raddiena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal-Qadi_Temple" title="Tal-Qadi Temple">Tal-Qadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarxien_Temples" title="Tarxien Temples">Tarxien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tas-Sil%C4%A1" title="Tas-Silġ">Tas-Silġ</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xemxija_Temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xemxija Temple (page does not exist)">Xemxija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xrobb_l-G%C4%A7a%C4%A1in_Temple" title="Xrobb l-Għaġin Temple">Xrobb l-Għaġin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%A6al_Saflieni_Hypogeum" title="Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum">Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xagħra Stone Circle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Netherlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunebed" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunebed">Hunebed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Poland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Br%C4%85chn%C3%B3wko" title="Brąchnówko">Brąchnówko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grzybnica" class="mw-redirect" title="Grzybnica">Grzybnica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odry,_Poland" title="Odry, Poland">Odry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C4%99siory" title="Węsiory">Węsiory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almendres_Cromlech" title="Almendres Cromlech">Almendres Cromlech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_de_Adrenunes" title="Anta de Adrenunes">Anta de Adrenunes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_de_Agualva" title="Anta de Agualva">Anta de Agualva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_do_Alto_da_Toupeira" title="Anta do Alto da Toupeira">Anta do Alto da Toupeira‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antas_do_Barrocal" title="Antas do Barrocal">Antas do Barrocal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_de_Carcavelos" title="Anta de Carcavelos">Anta de Carcavelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_da_Estria" title="Anta da Estria">Anta da Estria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antas_da_Valeira" title="Antas da Valeira">Antas da Valeira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_do_Monte_Abra%C3%A3o" title="Anta do Monte Abraão">Anta do Monte Abraão</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antas_do_Olival_da_P%C3%AAga" title="Antas do Olival da Pêga">Antas do Olival da Pêga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_da_Pedra_dos_Mouros" title="Anta da Pedra dos Mouros">Anta da Pedra dos Mouros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_das_Pedras_Grandes" title="Anta das Pedras Grandes">Anta das Pedras Grandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_da_Vidigueira" title="Anta da Vidigueira">Anta da Vidigueira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Dolmen_of_Zambujeiro" title="Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro">Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barreira_Megalithic_Complex" title="Barreira Megalithic Complex">Barreira Megalithic Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Cunha_Baixa" title="Dolmen of Cunha Baixa">Dolmen of Cunha Baixa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Carapito_I" title="Dolmen of Carapito I">Dolmen of Carapito I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Dolmen_of_Comenda_da_Igreja" title="Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja">Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir_of_Outeiro" title="Menhir of Outeiro">Menhir of Outeiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir_of_Bulhoa" title="Menhir of Bulhoa">Menhir of Bulhoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Maria_do_Meio_Cromlech" title="Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech">Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xerez_Cromlech" title="Xerez Cromlech">Xerez Cromlech</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Russia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dolmens_of_North_Caucasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolmens of North Caucasus">Dolmens of North Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Horseman#Thunder_Stone" title="Bronze Horseman">Thunder Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megaliths_in_the_Urals" title="Megaliths in the Urals">Megaliths in the Urals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_geoglyph" title="Russian geoglyph">Russian geoglyph</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scandinavia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Picture_stone" title="Picture stone">Picture stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runestone" title="Runestone">Runestones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_circle_(Iron_Age)" title="Stone circle (Iron Age)">Stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_ship" title="Stone ship">Stone ships</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antequera_Dolmens_Site" title="Antequera Dolmens Site">Antequera Dolmens Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chabola_de_la_Hechicera" title="Chabola de la Hechicera">Chabola de la Hechicera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cova_d%27en_Daina" title="Cova d'en Daina">Cova d'en Daina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_Axeitos" title="Dolmen de Axeitos">Dolmen de Axeitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Guadalperal" title="Dolmen of Guadalperal">Dolmen of Guadalperal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Menga" title="Dolmen of Menga">Dolmen of Menga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_la_Pastora" title="Dolmen de la Pastora">Dolmen de la Pastora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_del_prado_de_L%C3%A1cara" title="Dolmen del prado de Lácara">Dolmen del prado de Lácara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_Soto" title="Dolmen de Soto">Dolmen de Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_Viera" title="Dolmen de Viera">Dolmen de Viera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Torre-La_Janera_megalithic_site" title="La Torre-La Janera megalithic site">La Torre–La Janera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_Matge" class="mw-redirect" title="Son Matge">Son Matge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Turkey</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obelisk_of_Theodosius" title="Obelisk of Theodosius">Obelisk of Theodosius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ukraine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Stones_(Ukraine)" title="Boundary Stones (Ukraine)">Boundary Stones</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United<br />Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arbor_Low" title="Arbor Low">Arbor Low</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avebury" title="Avebury">Avebury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbrook_One" title="Barbrook One">Barbrook One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkrigg_stone_circle" title="Birkrigg stone circle">Birkrigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boscawen-Un" title="Boscawen-Un">Boscawen-Un</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boskednan_stone_circle" title="Boskednan stone circle">Boskednan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bridestones" title="The Bridestones">Bridestones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_Willy_Cairns" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown Willy Cairns">Brown Willy Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bull_Ring" title="The Bull Ring">Bull Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnmoor_stone_circles" title="Burnmoor stone circles">Burnmoor stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle" title="Castlerigg stone circle">Castlerigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craddock_Moor_stone_circle" title="Craddock Moor stone circle">Craddock Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Arrows" title="Devil's Arrows">Devil's Arrows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doll_Tor" title="Doll Tor">Doll Tor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drizzlecombe" title="Drizzlecombe">Drizzlecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duloe_stone_circle" title="Duloe stone circle">Duloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernacre" title="Fernacre">Fernacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Wells" title="Five Wells">Five Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardom%27s_Edge" title="Gardom's Edge">Gardom's Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodaver_stone_circle" title="Goodaver stone circle">Goodaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Wethers" title="Grey Wethers">Grey Wethers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoarstones" title="Hoarstones">Hoarstones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hordron_Edge_stone_circle" title="Hordron Edge stone circle">Hordron Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hurlers_(stone_circles)" title="The Hurlers (stone circles)">Hurlers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leper_Stone" title="Leper Stone">Leper Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Meg_and_Her_Daughters" title="Long Meg and Her Daughters">Long Meg and Her Daughters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%AAn-an-Tol" title="Mên-an-Tol">Mên-an-Tol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Maidens" title="The Merry Maidens">Merry Maidens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell%27s_Fold" title="Mitchell's Fold">Mitchell's Fold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulfra_Quoit" title="Mulfra Quoit">Mulfra Quoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Ladies" title="Nine Ladies">Nine Ladies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Stones,_Altarnun" title="Nine Stones, Altarnun">Nine Stones, Altarnun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Stones_Close" title="Nine Stones Close">Nine Stones Close</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pipers" title="The Pipers">Pipers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollright_Stones" title="Rollright Stones">Rollright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudston_Monolith" title="Rudston Monolith">Rudston Monolith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorhill" title="Scorhill">Scorhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stannon_stone_circle" title="Stannon stone circle">Stannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Drew_stone_circles" title="Stanton Drew stone circles">Stanton Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stripple_stones" title="Stripple stones">Stripple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinside" title="Swinside">Swinside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trethevy_Quoit" title="Trethevy Quoit">Trethevy Quoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trippet_stones" title="Trippet stones">Trippet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aughlish" title="Aughlish">Aughlish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballynoe_stone_circle" title="Ballynoe stone circle">Ballynoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaghmore" title="Beaghmore">Beaghmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corick" title="Corick">Corick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumskinny" title="Drumskinny">Drumskinny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legananny_Dolmen" title="Legananny Dolmen">Legananny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant%27s_Ring" title="Giant's Ring">Giant's Ring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recumbent_stone_circles" title="List of recumbent stone circles">List of recumbent stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auld_Bourtreebush" title="Auld Bourtreebush">Auld Bourtreebush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balquhain" title="Balquhain">Balquhain</a></li> <li>Callanish <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_II" title="Callanish II">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_III" title="Callanish III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_IV" title="Callanish IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_VIII" title="Callanish VIII">VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_X" title="Callanish X">X</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlin_stone" title="Carlin stone">Carlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Stane" title="Cat Stane">Cat Stane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clach_an_Trushal" title="Clach an Trushal">Clach an Trushal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colmeallie_stone_circle" title="Colmeallie stone circle">Colmeallie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunnideer_stone_circle" title="Dunnideer stone circle">Dunnideer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drybridge#Standing_stone" title="Drybridge">Drybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Aquhorthies_stone_circle" title="Easter Aquhorthies stone circle">Easter Aquhorthies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkton_of_Bourtie_stone_circle" title="Kirkton of Bourtie stone circle">Kirkton of Bourtie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loanhead_of_Daviot_stone_circle" title="Loanhead of Daviot stone circle">Loanhead of Daviot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochmaben_Stone" title="Lochmaben Stone">Lochmaben Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictish_stone" title="Pictish stone">Pictish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Brodgar" title="Ring of Brodgar">Ring of Brodgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_stone_circle" title="Sheldon stone circle">Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Stones_of_Stenness" title="Standing Stones of Stenness">Stenness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinacleit" title="Steinacleit">Steinacleit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strichen_Stone_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Strichen Stone Circle">Strichen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunhoney" title="Sunhoney">Sunhoney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomnaverie_stone_circle" title="Tomnaverie stone circle">Tomnaverie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrebagger_stone_circle" title="Tyrebagger stone circle">Tyrebagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonder_Bognie" title="Yonder Bognie">Yonder Bognie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barclodiad_y_Gawres" title="Barclodiad y Gawres">Barclodiad y Gawres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedd_Arthur" title="Bedd Arthur">Bedd Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedd_Taliesin" title="Bedd Taliesin">Bedd Taliesin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodowyr" title="Bodowyr">Bodowyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Cader_Faner" title="Bryn Cader Faner">Bryn Cader Faner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Celli_Ddu" title="Bryn Celli Ddu">Bryn Celli Ddu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Gwyn_stones" title="Bryn Gwyn stones">Bryn Gwyn stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capel_Garmon" title="Capel Garmon">Capel Garmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carreg_Coetan_Arthur" title="Carreg Coetan Arthur">Carreg Coetan Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carreg_Samson" title="Carreg Samson">Carreg Samson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coetan_Arthur" title="Coetan Arthur">Coetan Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foel_Chwern" title="Foel Chwern">Foel Chwern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanfechell" title="Llanfechell">Llanfechell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lligwy_Burial_Chamber" title="Lligwy Burial Chamber">Lligwy Burial Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maen_Llia" title="Maen Llia">Maen Llia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maen_Madoc" title="Maen Madoc">Maen Madoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penmaenmawr#Prehistory" title="Penmaenmawr">Meini Hirion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moel_T%C5%B7_Uchaf" title="Moel Tŷ Uchaf">Moel Tŷ Uchaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parc_Cwm_long_cairn" title="Parc Cwm long 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