A menhir (/ ˈ m ɛ n h ɪər /; [1] from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long" [2]), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age.

Menhirs are found all across India. They can be as tall as 20 to 14 feet (over 4.2 m), and several hundred smaller menhirs scattered all over the agricultural fields, mountains and various geographical areas.

2025年3月17日 · Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs of Telangana join UNESCO’s tentative list for 2025. India’s oldest menhir observatory with astronomical significance. Read more!

2024年6月25日 · The meaning of MENHIR is a single upright rough monolith usually of prehistoric origin.

While the Egyptian obelisks were later carved with flattened faces, the European menhirs were shaped and smoothed so that with a few exceptions, the builders retained and even emphasised the natural qualities of the stones they used.

2023年6月15日 · Standing stones, called ‘menhirs’, are large stones set vertically into the ground. Placed in different locations in the British Isles by Neolithic Peoples, they date from 4,000 BC to 1,500 BC. Menhirs are widespread worldwide and can be found in Europe and as far afield as Africa and Asia.

2025年3月15日 · A menhir is a standing or an upright stone, which is usually tapered at the top. It is man-made, in that it is sculpted and placed by humans, and usually quite large — the largest surviving menhir, the Grand Menhir Brisé or the Great Broken Menhir in Brittany, France, once stood at 20.6 m tall.

Recently, Telangana's Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs were added to India’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage list, highlighting their historical and archaeological significance. Menhirs are large upright standing stones, often part of megalithic burial or ritual sites. Found across Europe, Africa, and Asia, they are most numerous in Western Europe.

MENHIR meaning: 1. a tall stone put in a vertical position by people in prehistoric times (= the period before…. Learn more.

Menhirs were simple upright stones, sometimes of great size, and were erected most frequently in western Europe, especially Brittany. Often menhirs were placed together, forming circles, semicircles, or vast ellipses. Many were built in England, the best-known sites being Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire.