menhir

Summary

menhir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,662 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• menhir is made of stone^[2].
• menhir is a type of monolith^[3].
• menhir is a type of megalith^[4].
• menhir is a type of standing stone^[5].
• menhir is a type of monument^[6].
• menhir's Commons category is recorded as Menhirs^[7].
• menhir's said to be the same as is recorded as Bauta (stone)^[8].
• menhir's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Menhirs^[9].
• menhir's Commons gallery is recorded as Menhir^[10].
• menhir's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as megalith_type=menhir^[11].
• menhir's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[12].
• menhir's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• menhir's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[14].
• menhir's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• menhir's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• menhir's different from is recorded as Q3854679^[17].
• menhir's different from is recorded as orthostates^[18].
• menhir dates from the Neolithic^[19].
• menhir dates from the Bronze Age^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include monolith^[3], megalith^[4], standing stone^[5], and monument^[6].

Why It Matters

menhir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,662 views/month).^[1] menhir has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] menhir is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]