#calcolithic

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Lletty'r Filiast Prehistoric Burial Chamber, Great Orme, Wales

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These schist and limestone structures are two megalithic tombs   built circa 3000 BC - in other words, they may have roughly five thousand years ago. These tholoi (also called beehive tombs) are part of a Chalcolithic necropolis formed by 18 tombs located in a place called Alcalar, in the outskirts of Portimão, Algarve, Portugal.

The first images correspond to the Tholos 7, while the last two are from the Tholos 9. Both tombs contained several ossuaries, being the deceased ones - usually, important people from the local communities - buried in fetal position.

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Bronze Age Decorated Lunula, St. Fagans National Museum of History, nr. Cardiff, Wales

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The Peripheral Standing Stones of Corrimony Chambered Cairn, Scotland

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Corrimony Prehistoric Chambered Cairn, nr. Inverness, Scotland

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The Grey Cairn of Camster Prehistoric Round Chambered Cairn, Camster, Caithness, Scotland

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Grey Cairns of Camster Prehistoric Round Chambered Cairn Interior, Camster, Caithness, Scotland

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Clach Biorach Bronze Age Standing Stone with Pictish Symbols, Edderton, Scotland