Skara brae is by far the Oldest Neolithic site in Northern Europe: Standing in a village that's over 5,000 years old is a pretty awesome experience. Skara Brae was an inhabited village long before the Egyptian pyramids were built and although we do not hear too much about it, Skara Brae was a flourishing place for centuries long before construction began at Stonehenge. And what's amazing about Skara Brae is that after 5,000 years, the stone village, with its intricate maze of dwellings … [Read more...]
The Mysterious Cromlech of Almendres
December 4, 2009 by
Possibly a Primitive Astronomical Observatory: Known popularly as the "hill of the stone amphorae", the Cromlech of Almendres is one of the earliest and most ancient megalithic complexes known to mankind. Situated in a cork grove near Guadalupe, west of the historic city of Évora, it is the largest existing group of structured menhirs in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the largest in Europe. The Almendres Cromlech was discovered as late as 1964. Today the cromlech contains around 95 … [Read more...]
