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Standing stone   /stˈændɪŋ stoʊn/   Listen
Standing stone

noun
1.
A tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France.  Synonym: menhir.





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... Brogar. It originally consisted of sixty stones forming a circle 340 feet in diameter, outside which was a ditch 29 feet wide. In a direction 60 deg. east of south from the centre, and at a distance of 63 chains, is a standing stone called the Watchstone, 18 feet high, and 42 or 43 chains further on in the same line is a second stone, the Barnstone, 15 feet high. To the left of this line are two stones apparently placed at random, and to the right are the few remaining ...
— Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders • T. Eric Peet
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Words linked to "Standing stone" :   megalith, menhir, megalithic structure


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