Recent Ritual Use of Natural Rock Formations within the Megalithic Complex - Comparisons of European

Besides of the numerous artificial stone constructions of the Megalithic complex having served for various ritual purposes in prehistory and in some cases until recently there is also a number of examples in which distinct rock formations merely shaped by geological conditions were or still are used in quite related ritual contexts.
In some cases it has even been suggested that the naturally shaped rock formations might have produced the initial stimulation from which later the idea of creating similar artificial constructions was developed, as can be demonstrated by adequate sites of Central Europe, Africa and Melanesia.