Tag:megalith_type=menhir

A menhir is a large, upright standing stone.

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• historic=archaeological_site
• archaeological_site=megalith
• megalith_type=menhir
• name=*

Tags to use in combination

• wikipedia=* - a link to Wikipedia's article
• wikidata=* - an ID of the specific Wikidata item
• historic:civilization=* (or more precise subtags) - the civilization (culture) that originally created the feature
• moved=yes - if the megalith is not on his original location. [1](de)
• tourism=attraction - if the megalith is a tourist attraction.
• heritage=* - megalith is registered by an official heritage organisation.

See also

• historic=rune_stone - stones, boulders or bedrock with historical runic inscriptions
• megalith_type=dolmen - single-chamber megalithic tomb
• megalith_type=tholos - beehive megalithic tomb
• megalith_type=alignment - stone row or stone alignment
• megalith_type=stone_circle - stone circle
• megalith_type=passage_grave - passage grave
• megalith_type=nuraghe - ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia
• megalith_type=chamber - only fragments of the grave are visible and the type can no longer be identified
• archaeological_site=bigstone

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• megalith_type=standing_stone

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