List of largest monoliths
Moved monoliths
This list includes only quarried and moved monoliths. Cueva de Menga, in Antequera, Spain.

List of largest monoliths

Section Title: Moved monoliths
Table Section Text: This list includes only quarried and moved monoliths. Cueva de Menga, in Antequera, Spain.

Weight	Name/Site	Type	Location	Builder	Comment

1,250 t	Thunder Stone	Boulder, Statue pedestal	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Russian Empire, 1770	Moved 6 km overland for shipment, and cut from 1,500 t to current size while on transport

1,000 t	Ramesseum	Statue	Thebes, Egypt	Ancient Egypt	Transported 170 miles (270 km) by ship from Aswan

800 t each	Trilithon (3×)	Blocks	Baalbek, Lebanon	Roman Empire	Plus about 24 blocks 300 tons each

700 t each	Colossi of Memnon (2×)	Statues	Thebes, Egypt	Ancient Egypt	Transported 420 miles (680 km) from el-Gabal el-Ahmar (near modern-day Cairo) over land without using the Nile.

550 to 600 t	Western Stone, Jewish Holy Temple	Block	Jerusalem	Herod, King of the Jews during the Second Temple period

520 tons, 170 tons, and 160 tons	Great Stele, King Ezana's Stele, Obelisk of Axum	Stelae	Axum, Ethiopia	The stelae were moved about 2.6 miles (4.2 km).

400 t	Temple in complex for Khafre's Pyramid	Giza, Egypt

300–500 t	Masuda no iwafune	Asuka, Nara, Japan	Large stone structure approximately 11 meters in length, 8 meters in width, and 4.7 meters In height

340 t	Levitated Mass	Los Angeles, California, United States	Moved 106 miles.

330 t	The Broken Menhir of Er Grah	Menhir	Locmariaquer, Brittany	Neolithic(4700 BC)	Moved 10–20 km. It once stood but was later broken in 4

300 t	Broken Menhir of Er Grah	Brittany, France	Moved 7.5 miles (12.1 km).

285 t	Pompey's Pillar	Column	Alexandria, Egypt	Roman Empire

230 t	Mausoleum of Theodoric	Roof slab	Ravenna, Italy	Ostrogothic Kingdom

220 t	Menkaure's Pyramid	Giza, Egypt	Largest stones in mortuary temple

200 t	Sahure's pyramid	Saqqara, Egypt	Largest stones over king's chamber

200 t	Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites	Korea	Largest stone

Weight	Name/Site	Type	Location	Builder	Comment

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Pompey's Pillar is one of the largest monolithic columns in Egypt.

final_sentence: Pompey's Pillar is one of the largest monolithic columns in Egypt.