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cromlech

[krom-lek] / ˈkrɒm lɛk /
NOUN
megalith
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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

Those who were dancing never swerved from the perfect circle; but some were clambering over the old cromlech, and others chasing each other with surprising swiftness and the greatest glee.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

If it is a boulder it is a very extraordinary one, and if it is a cromlech it is a more extraordinary one still.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell

In a field called Parc-y-Bigwrn, near Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, are the remains of a cromlech destroyed many years ago, concerning which an old man named John Jones related a superstitious tale.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes




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