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Cromlech

noun
(pl. cromlechs)
1.
A prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone.  Synonyms: dolmen, portal tomb.





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... structures are found. Thus maen, man, or men is the so-called Druidical name for a stony, whence Pen-maen-mawr, for "the hill of the big stone," Maen-hayr, for the standing stones of Brittany, and Dol-men, the table-stone," for a cromlech.] Returning from this grove, we crossed a stream by a single squared block, twenty-eight feet long, five broad, and two thick, of gray syenitic granite ...
— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker


Words linked to "Cromlech" :   megalith, megalithic structure


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