standing stone
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"What we've uncovered is evidence of a much more complex ceremonial landscape, which the original standing stone is part of," Dr Shaw explained.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Archaeologists have discovered that what was thought to be a single standing stone in a forest is part of a larger ceremonial site dating back 3,700 years to the Bronze Age.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Like the woman’s increasingly upsetting visions, these time warps seem related to the eerie, vaguely human-shaped standing stone that looms over the island, a memorial to a past seafaring tragedy.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
This goes some way to proving that Carlinwell Stone is a genuine prehistoric standing stone, rather than something put up later.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2011
Beside the standing stone Gimli halted and looked up.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
