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There is some pretty strong evidence if you know where to look, The Dolman at North Salem Westchester County New York, a massive 90-ton stone shaped like a turtles head supported clear of the ground by 4 to 6 standing stones. Described officially as glacial erratics, some very clever glacier.

The Eye Chamber near Carmel Putman County New York, described as a colonial root cellar. Yet lined up with winter sunrise on December 22.

GordonP wrote:
There is some pretty strong evidence if you know where to look, The Dolman at North Salem Westchester County New York, a massive 90-ton stone shaped like a turtles head supported clear of the ground by 4 to 6 standing stones. Described officially as glacial erratics, some very clever glacier.
There's a very nice fat glacial erratic on a tall plinth near Kenmare in Co. Kerry which is entirely natural. When you consider how the boulders may have been transported in the glacier then dumped as the ice melted, there's fairly good odds a large boulder will rest on a pile of rocks which are then trapped as the surrounding boulders are washed away, leaves a convincing looking 'dolmen'. I've seen pics of the 'dolmen' in question and it looks like natural causes is very probable.

The Eye Chamber near Carmel Putman County New York, described as a colonial root cellar. Yet lined up with winter sunrise on December 22.
The sun moves at a pace along the horizon that's pretty near imperceptible around the solstice so it could well be up to two weeks off at either side. How long is the 'cellar'?

My question is why is it assumed that megalithic constructions in North America are European in origin?

The idea of moving big stones into meaningful configurations isn't exactly an idea with a trademark on it.

BTW-personal story... when I was a kid in Storrs, Connecticut me and my friends would often go down into the woods to a pond where there are some earth mounds.
Many years later, was back there and discovered one of the mounds had a stone chamber under it... the ceiling had collapsed. Makes me wonder if some of the other mounds there are hiding underground chambers?
There are many of these still yet to be identified, no doubt. There's a lot of mystery about many sites like this... are they pre-colonial, or just forgotten storage bins built by white colonists?