Examples, such as the Annadorn dolmen, have also been found in northern Ireland, where they may have co-existed with the court cairn tombs.

There are also many Iron Age dolmen and Koguryo tombs in the province, such as Anak Tomb No. 3

He was also a celtomaniac antiquarian who introduced the words " dolmen " and " menhir " into general archaeological usage.

The majority of these constructions are 37 Dolmen The fact that there are also six simple dolmen preserved, makes Demmin and its surrounding area one of those regions in which the construction of such facilities had its roots.

Comma-shaped beads, usually made from nephrite, known as kokkok have also been found in dolmen burials.

A number of prehistoric sites are located in St. Ouen, including the dolmen des Monts Grantez, located at Le Chemin des Monts ; the dolmen des Geonnais ; and the prehistoric site at Le Pinacle, which also contains one of the very few identifiable Gallo-Roman sites to be seen in Jersey, the foundations of a fanum ( small temple ).

The oldest known dolmen are in Western Europe, where they were set in place around 7000 years ago, at the same time as the ancient civilisations of Egypt, India, and the Middle East.

Korean dolmen have a different morphology than the more widely known Atlantic European dolmen.

Clare is one of the richest places for these tombs in Ireland, the most noted is in The Burren area, it is known as Poulnabrone dolmen which translates as the hole of sorrows.

There is a prehistoric burial tomb known as Brennanstown Portal Tomb, Glendruid cromlech / dolmen, or The Druids ’ Altar near Cabinteely.

He lived in solitude at Disert-Coemgen for seven years, sleeping on a dolmen ( now known as " Saint Kevin's Bed ") perched on a perilous precipice, that an angel had led him to, and later established a church for his own community at Glendalough.

Poulnabrone dolmen | Poulnabrone portal tomb, IrelandThe most common type of megalithic construction in Europe is the portal tomb – a chamber consisting of upright stones ( orthostats ) with one or more large flat capstones forming a roof.

There are more than 90 megalithic tombs in the area, portal dolmens ( including Poulnabrone dolmen ), a celtic high cross in the village of Kilfenora, and a number of ring forts-among them the triple ring fort Cahercommaun on the edge of an inland cliff, and the exceptionally well-preserved Caherconnell Stone Fort.

Apparently the earliest of the Rollright Stones, the Whispering Knights are the remains of the burial chamber of an Early or Middle Neolithic portal dolmen lying 400 metres east of the King's Men.

They revealed that the portal dolmen had never been a part of a longer cairn, as had been suggested by some earlier investigators, and uncovered a few pieces of Neolithic pottery around the monument.

Writing in 1743, the antiquarian William Stukeley described the Whispering Knights as sitting upon a round barrow, something that Lambrick accepted as being " reasonable in the context of a portal dolmen ", however he cautioned against accepting such an explanation too readily.

This Dolmen located outside Boyle, is a fine example of a portal dolmen, and was built before 2000BC.

They uncover a sickle-trafficking gang with sponsors high up the Roman bureaucracy, whose shadowy business is run from below a portal dolmen in the Boulogne forest.

The existing remains are apparently the portal portion of a dolmen type of tomb and the stones which were removed would have been part of the destroyed chamber.

A similar type of portal can be seen on a dolmen at Haroldstown in Co. Carlow.

The method of inhumation may involve a dolmen, a cist, a mortuary enclosure, a mortuary house or a chamber tomb.

The building of cairns such as Listoghil or Queen Maeves tomb ( on Knocknarea ) or Newgrange may represent a new phase of megalith-building of greater scale and ambition than the dolmen circles.

Despite the proximity to the M50 motorway and nearby housing, the dolmen door of the tomb entrance maintains its uninterrupted line of view, south towards the Dublin mountains.

A dolmen is a grave at the prehistoric age and a kind of megalithic monument.

Known locally as the " Druid's Altar ", this dolmen could be 4000 years old, or could be the remains of an even earlier passage grave.

The most widely accepted theory is that all dolmen are tombs or burial chambers.

The largest dolmen in Europe is the Brownshill Dolmen in County Carlow, Ireland.

Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, 2 miles southeast of Morvah.

The largest concentration of dolmen in the world is found on the Korean peninsula.

The Korean word for dolmen is goindol ( hangul: 고인돌 ).

The dolmen in Ganghwa is a northern-type, table-shaped dolmen and is the biggest stone of this kind in South Korea, measuring 2. 6 by 7. 1 by 5. 5 metres.

Southern type dolmen are associated with burials but the reason for building northern style dolmen is uncertain.

Mecklenburg is the site of many prehistoric dolmen tombs.

Kilclooney dolmen, which is over 4, 000 years old.

Not far from these tombs is a huge dolmen ( the Pierre Levée ), which is long, broad and high, and around which used to be held the great fair of Saint Luke.

In the middle of the Sella valley ( where Cangas de Onís is located ) there was a dolmen area, which dated back to the megalithic era, and was built probably in the period 4, 000-2, 000 BC.

Although the Asturian monarchy fostered the Christianization of this site ( ordering the edification of a church ), even today there are still pagan traditions linked with the Santa Cruz dolmen: It is said that xanas ( Asturian fairies ) appear to visitors, and magical properties are ascribed to the soil of the place.

The dolmen is set in an open, sloping ( higher – left, lower – right ) meadow of uncut grass, with trees to the rear in the middle distance.

There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen ; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones.

La chabola de la Hechicera ( Spanish for " The Witch's Hut ") is a dolmen group located in Elvillar, Álava, in the Basque Country in Spain.

Before festivities in August an akelarre party is celebrated around the dolmen.