The reason for erecting menhirs is not clear whether it was for practical or ritual purposes. The structures were erected in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age and continued to be used till Roman times,
See:
- Onur Özbek, Menhirs in the Graveyards: Fact or Fiction? A Reconsideration of erected Stone Monuments of Gallipoli Peninsula. In: Onur Özbek (Hrsg.), Funeral rites, rituals and ceremonies from prehistory to antiquity, Proceedings of the International Workshop "Troas and its Neighbours", Çanakkale and Ören 2-6 October 2006. Istanbul, Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes Georges-Dumezil 2008, pp. 83-96