Another form is the menhir, a simple upright stone usually placed with others to form a circle, as at Stonehenge and Avebury in England, or a straight alignment, as at Carnac in France.

另一种形式是史前巨柱，这是一块与其他直立块放在一起组成一的直立碑，英格兰的巨阵和爱扶倍利，或排成直线，法的卡尔纳克。