Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales together accounts for hundreds of megalith and stone circle sites.
Here is a collection of some of the more popular ones.
The most famous megalith structure is the world is the Stonehenge in the English county of Wiltshire.
Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones.
Archaeologists had believed that the iconic stone monument was erected around 2500 BC.
While the age of the structure is subject to debate, there is little doubt about its purpose.
Evidences indicate that Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.
Burials continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years.
These stones might have been the entrance to some now vanished tomb.
It is possible that they were part of some ancient calendar.
Men-an-Tol is supposed to have a fairy or piskie guardian who can make miraculous cures.
Another legend is that passage through the stone will cure a child of rickets.
For centuries, children with rickets were passed naked through the hole in the middle stone nine times.
Castlerigg Stone Circle stands one mile to the east of Keswick and was built around 3000 BC.
It is set on a low hill with magnificent views of the mountains of Skiddaw and Blencathra.
Orkney Islands is littered with stone structures.
The Ring o' Brodgar is the most famous among them.
One of the most famous circles in the British Isles, Rollright in Oxfordshire consists of 77 stones.
There are other legends, though; one is that the King’s Men are uncountable.
The northern alignment is longer than the rest and a double rows, forming an avenue.
More pictures of megalith sites an be seen atMegalithics.com
Also see,The Mysterious Manpupuner Rock Formations
