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===Megalithic=== [[File:Klekkende Høj barrow.jpg|thumb|[[Klekkende Høj]] passage grave, Denmark, {{circa}} 3500-2800 BC]] Some Neolithic cultures listed above are known for constructing [[megaliths|megalith]]s. These occur primarily on the Atlantic coast of Europe, but there are also megaliths on western Mediterranean islands. * {{circa|5000 BCE}}: Constructions in [[Portugal]] ([[Almendres Cromlech|Évora]]). Emergence of the [[Atlantic]] [[Neolithic]] period, the age of agriculture along the fertile shores of [[Europe]]. * {{circa|4800 BCE}}: Constructions in [[Brittany]] ([[Barnenez]]) and [[Poitou]] ([[Tumulus of Bougon|Bougon]]). * {{circa|4000 BCE}}: Constructions in Brittany ([[Carnac]]), Portugal ([[Lisbon]]), Spain ([[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Andalusia]]), [[France]] (central and southern), [[Corsica]], England, [[Wales]], Northern Ireland ([[Legananny Dolmen|Banbridge]]) and elsewhere. * {{circa|3700 BCE}}: Constructions in Ireland ([[Carrowmore]] and elsewhere) and Spain ([[Dolmen of Menga]], [[Antequera Dolmens Site]], Málaga). * {{circa|3600 BCE}}: Constructions in England ([[Maumbury Rings]] and [[Godmanchester]]), and [[Malta]] ([[Ġgantija]] and [[Mnajdra]] temples). * {{circa|3500 BCE}}: Constructions in [[Spain]] ([[Dolmen de Viera|Dolmen of Viera]], [[Antequera Dolmens Site]], [[Málaga]], and [[Guadiana]]), Ireland (south-west), France ([[Arles]] and the north), north-west and central Italy ([[Piedmont]], [[Valle d'Aosta]], [[Liguria]] and [[Tuscany]]), Mediterranean islands ([[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]], [[Malta]]) and elsewhere in the [[Mediterranean]], [[Belgium]] (north-east) and [[Germany]] (central and south-west). * {{circa|3400 BCE}}: Constructions in Ireland ([[Newgrange]]), [[Netherlands]] (north-east), Germany (northern and central) [[Sweden]] and [[Denmark]]. * {{circa|3200 BCE}}: Constructions in Malta ([[Ħaġar Qim]] and [[Tarxien]]). * {{circa|3000 BCE}}: Constructions in France ([[Saumur]], [[Dordogne]], [[Languedoc]], [[Biscay]], and the Mediterranean coast), Spain ([[Los Millares]]), Belgium ([[Ardennes]]), and [[Orkney]], as well as the first [[henge]]s (circular earthworks) in [[Great Britain|Britain]]. * {{circa|2900 BCE}}: Constructions in Spain ([[Tholos de El Romeral|Tholos of El Romeral]], [[Antequera Dolmens Site]], Málaga) * {{circa|2800 BCE}}: Construction of the henge at Stonehenge.
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