cromlech
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The cromlech built in Langemark, Belgium is marking the 100th anniversary of the war's outbreak.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2014
The charcoal sample that was thus dated came from an excavated pit at Stonehenge, the great "megalithic cromlech" on England's Salisbury Plain that has mystified scientists since Roman times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes they burned the body and put the ashes in an urn, which they placed under a cromlech, or cairn, or burial mound.
From A Reading Book in Irish History by P. W. Joyce
To make this easier, however, the three uprights were cut down, and the cromlech now to be seen is by no means so imposing as in its prehistoric state.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by C. A. Dawson Scott
A cromlech at Pirols, said to have been built by a fée, is composed of seven massive stones, the largest being twelve feet long by eight and a half feet wide.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
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