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

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 Sikes, Wirt

When it is surrounded by circles of stone it takes the name cromlech.

From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

The cromlech itself is very imposing, with massive side supports, six or seven feet high, and a mighty covering stone, flat on the under side.

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert