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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 come from Llanberis will leave the highroad at a point 3½ miles from the station and about half a mile short of the cromlech.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.

Cromlech is the Welsh equivalent for the Breton dolmen, but Breton archaeologists use cromlech to describe a circle formed by menhirs.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

In the centre of the chamber he discovered a cairn, or rather cromlech, about four feet high, which was formed of several stones arranged in a triangle, with a great flat slab on the top.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir




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