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menhir

upright megalithic stone monument erected by humans
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Summary

menhir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,656 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: stone[2]
  • Subclass of: monolith[3], megalith[4], standing stone[5], monument[6]
  • Commons category: Menhirs[7]
  • Said to be the same as: Bauta (stone)[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Menhirs[9]
  • Commons gallery: Menhir[10]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: megalith_type=menhir[11]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
  • Different from: Q3854679[16], orthostates[17]
  • Time period: Neolithic[18], Bronze Age[19]

Why It Matters

menhir has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] menhir is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6232
    Wikidata description → upright megalithic stone monument erected by humans
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0331484-menhiry
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0331484-menhiry, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → stone
    Said to be the same as → Bauta (stone)
    Time period → Neolithic, Bronze Age
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007562999805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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