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石柱，这是一块与其他立石块放在一起组成一个圆立石碑，如英格兰巨石阵和爱扶倍利，或排成线，如法国卡尔纳克。