standing stone
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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
"The stone platform predates the standing stone itself, suggesting continuous ritual use of this site over hundreds of years, strongly linked to the water and the importance it held for Bronze Age communities."
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
The pots were found at the foot of a standing stone which had fallen over Two Bronze Age burial pots containing human remains have been found at the base of a standing stone in Angus.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2011
The standing stone was cold, and it cast a long pale shadow that stretched eastward over them.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
